# Accident 20040913031129A: Cessna A185F, Somerville, NJ, September 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29BF-2005-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913031129A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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