# Accident 20040807026771A: Cessna A150L, Kinnelon, NJ, August 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2004, 09:15 local time
- Place: Kinnelon, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9658° N, 74.3619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9658&lon=-74.3619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6186F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6186F-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 209 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04FA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807026771A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2004 AT 0915 EDT, A CESSNA CE-150L AIRCRAFT (N6186F), AND A PIPER PA28-140 AIRCRAFT (N95314) WERE DEMOLISHED WHEN THEY COLLIDED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 2,700'. BOTH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN KENNELON NJ. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOTS IN BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE CESSNA DEPARTED THE ESSEX COUNTY AIRPORT (CDW) CALDWELL NJ AND THE PIPER AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT, LINCOLN PARK NJ (N07).

## Other aircraft in the event

- N95314, Piper PA28140: [Accident 20040807026772A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040807026772A)

## 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 NYC04FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04FA185), Aug 7, 2004: Cessna A150L (N6186F), Kinnelon, NJ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilots inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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