# Accident 20050405009549A: Piper PA28R201, Green Creek, NJ, April 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2005, 22:00 local time
- Place: Green Creek, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0503° N, 74.9092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0503&lon=-74.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36725-2008-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 286 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050405009549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N36725 DEPARTED MILLVILLE (MIV) 0151Z 04/06/2005 VMC AND WITHOUT FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE PILOTS REPORTED THEY WERE GOING TO WILDWOOD/CAPE MAY (WWD) FOR PRACTICE APPROACHES. THE WRECKAGE OF N36725 WAS FOUND IN THE ACORN CAMPGROUND OF GREEN CREEK, NEW JERSEY A SHORT TIME BEFORE 1400Z ON 04/06/2005. A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING AN AIRCRAFT OVER THE CAMPGROUNDS AND A STRANGE CRASHING AND POPPING NOISE AROUND 10:00 PM ON THE NIGHT OF 04/05/2005. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 2.05 NM NORTH OF THE APPROACH END OF R/W 19 AT WWD. THE CRASH SIT IS N 39 DEGREES 3.020 MIN/W 74 DEGREES 54.552 MIN. THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO THE RWY 19 LOCALIZER COURSE FOR R/W 19. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED WINGS LEVEL INTO THE TOPS OF THE TREES WITH THE GEAR DOWN ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 270 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND BOTH PILOTS WERE KILLED.

## 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 IAD05FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA052), Apr 6, 2005: Piper PA-28R-201 (N36725), Green Creek, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to maintain terrain clearance while executing a practice published instrument approach in night visual meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the dark night.

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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