# Accident 20040724026769A: Piper PA28140, Bedminster, NJ, July 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bedminster, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6175° N, 74.6669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6175&lon=-74.6669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6139J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6139J-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040724026769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 12. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT MADE A TURN TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID TREES AND TRY TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE PERIMETER OF TREES, SEVERING THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE GROUND AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS, OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 12.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC04LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA176), Jul 24, 2004: Piper PA-28-140 (N6139J), Somerville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with contaminated fuel, and a subsequent forced landing.

## Other reports on N6139J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921023043309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921023043309I), Oct 23, 1992: Piper PA28140 (N6139J), Warminster, PA, Minor damage. Student pilot lost. Saw airport. Landed. Turned off runway into closed runway. Hit fire truck trying to stop him.
- [Accident 19850718067531A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850718067531A), Jul 18, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N6139J), Bedminster, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed with wheel off runway. Struck runway light. Veered into N4319F which was on parallel taxiway. Wing damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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