# Incident 20050522019369I: Amrgen AA5B, Toms River, NJ, May 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2005, 20:45 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J Miller Air Park Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9537° N, 74.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toms River, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9537&lon=-74.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4519N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4519N-2023-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A2-KSER (registry code 41518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a2-kser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050522019369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 21 MAY 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) N4519N DEPARTED THE MILLVILLE AIRPORT (MIV) WITH PILOT AND 3 (THREE) PASSENGERS FOR A RETURN FLIGHT TO BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT. AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 EDT WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. MOMENTS LATER THE ENGINE CEASED PRODUCING POWER AND FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE NOSE SECTION OF THE COWLING. THE PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES AND WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY LAND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AT THE R.J. MILLER AIR PARK (MJX) NEAR TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY. THE 4 (FOUR) SOULS ON BOARD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS THE FIRE WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED AND ALL HAD SAFELY EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4519N (1)

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

- [Incident 19881022059889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881022059889I), Oct 22, 1988: Gulstm AA5B (N4519N), Bloomington, IN, Minor damage. Made a hard landing. Bounced and propeller struck runway. Propeller tips damaged.

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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