20040913031129A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Somerville, NJ · September 13, 2004

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: September 13, 2004 · 09:00 local
Place: Somerville, NJ
Airport: Somerset Airport
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N29BF
Reported as: Cessna A185F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total250 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

N29BFRegistration cancelled Dec 29, 2005 · Cessna A185FS/N 18502380 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed an unknown airport in Connecticut enroute to Somerset Airport (smq), bedminster, NJ. The pilot of the aircraft was attempting to land on runway 30 and was not lined up with the runway. The pilot landed hard and lost control of the aircraft. Aircraft went across runway into a parked Cessna CE-172, damaging the right wing and then crashing into a closed hangar. The aircraft was destroyed as well as a Piper comanche parked inside the hangar. The pilot was not injured. The pilot did display actions of being on some sort of medication. He was questioned by bedminster, NJ, police and arrested.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AN UNKNOWN AIRPORT IN CONNECTICUT ENROUTE TO SOMERSET AIRPORT (SMQ), BEDMINSTER, NJ. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30 AND WAS NOT LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LANDED HARD AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WENT ACROSS RUNWAY INTO A PARKED CESSNA CE-172, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND THEN CRASHING INTO A CLOSED HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AS WELL AS A PIPER COMANCHE PARKED INSIDE THE HANGAR. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT DID DISPLAY ACTIONS OF BEING ON SOME SORT OF MEDICATION. HE WAS QUESTIONED BY BEDMINSTER, NJ, POLICE AND ARRESTED.