# Accident 20060716014809A: Beech A36, Somerville, NJ, July 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2006, 00:15 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6267° N, 74.6700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6267&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5363P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5363P-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,854 total, 900 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716014809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN STATED HE DEPARTED HTO AT APPROXIMATELY 2245 LOCAL TIME FOR A FLIGHT HOME TO SMQ. THE AIRMAN FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN, DEPARTED AND CANCELLED HIS FLIGHT PLAN APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMQ AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2,000 FEET MSL. THE AIRMAN STATED HE HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT AND SAW THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, HE ADDED THE AIRPORT APPEARED TO BE "GOOD VFR." DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 HE ENCOUNTERED GROUND FOG AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL. HE STATED THE GLARE FROM HIS LANDING LIGHT WAS DISTRACTING HIM WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET TALL WITH THE RIGHT WING. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWNWARD STRIKING, AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE NOSE AND LEFT WING. THE AIRMAN HAD HIS WIFE ONBOARD, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY, KEWR WAS REPORTING 10 SM VISIBILITY AND FEW CLOUDS AT 2,000 WITH TEMP/DEWPOINT 24/18.

## 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 NYC06CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA177), Jul 16, 2006: Beech A36 (N5363P), Somerville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather.

## Other reports on N5363P (1)

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

- [Incident 19910305008739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910305008739I), Mar 5, 1991: Beech A36 (N5363P), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. Had three green safe lights on approach. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.

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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