# Accident 20050623018979A: Beech C35BEECH, West Milford, NJ, June 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1281° N, 74.3467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1281&lon=-74.3467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6908, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6908-2008-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623018979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 6/23/2005, 15:00 LOCAL TIME, RUNWAY 24, AT 4N1 (GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT) WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480. PER THE PILOT'S WRITTEN AND SIGNED STATEMENT THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN AND STARTED VEERING LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RUDDER AND AILERON TO NO EFFECT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE TO NO EFFECT EITHER (NO SKID MARKS WERE NOTED ON THE RUNWAY OR IN THE GRASS ALONG SIDE OF THE RUNWAY). PER THE PILOT IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. THE PLANE CAUGHT THE GRASS WITH THE LEFT WHEEL AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE RUNWAYS. THE A/C VEERED OFF INTO THE DITCH AND HIT THE DRAIN PIPE (THE L/H MAIN GEAR AND WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY WERE FOUND AT THIS LOCATION). THE A/C HIT THE DRAIN PIPE, JUMPED OVER THE TAXIWAY ENTRANCE AND CAME TO REST IN THE DITCH (THE NOSE OF THE A/C WAS FACING EAST). POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES SHOWED THE FOLLOWING: THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE A/C BUT THE BLEEDER WAS SHEARED OFF DURING THE LANDING. THE LEFT BRAKE WAS ATTACHED TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHICH WAS SHEARED OFF OF THE A/C DURING THE LANDING. THE BRAKE RESERVOIR INDICATED CLEAN FRESH FLUID WAS PRESENT IN THE DIP STICK. THE DIP STICK WAS CLEANED AND THE RESERVOIR CHECKED AGAIN AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FLUID.

## 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 IAD05LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA082), Jun 23, 2005: Beech C35 (N6908), West Milford, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a collision with a drainage ditch.

## Other reports on N6908 (1)

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

- [Incident 19881031065789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881031065789I), Oct 31, 1988: Beech B35 (N6908), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Cleared for a straight in landing. Pilot forgot tolower gear and landed with the landing gear up.

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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