# Accident 20061031028209A: Cessna R182, Toms River, NJ, October 31, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2006, 13:15 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J Miller Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9272° N, 74.2922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9272&lon=-74.2922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6362T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6362T-2016-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,160 total, 165 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061031028209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/31/2006 AT 1315L CE-182RG, N6362T, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER LANDING APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 24 AT MJX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY THE FBI AS A PUBLIC USE, PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COMMERCIAL PILOT TRAINING FOR ONE OF THEIR PILOTS WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CONTRACTED FROM OCEAN AIRE. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS PLANNED AS A CHECK RIDE PREPARATION LESSON WITH THE INSTRUCTOR EVALUATING THE MANEUVERS REQUESTED. THE FLIGHT STARTED WITH A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF FOLLOWED BY A CLOSED LEFT HAND PATTERN AND A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE PILOT UNDERGOING INSTRUCTION REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH WAS STABILIZED AT 60-65 KIAS WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS WHEN THE PLANE DROPPED DURING THE FLARE. THE PLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK THE RUNWAY EDGE, BECAME AIRBORNE AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY END. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONE BENT PROPELLER WITH AN S-BEND, THE FIREWALL WAS BENT, THE TAIL WAS SCRAPED, THERE WERE FUSELAGE WRINKLES AFT OF EACH MAIN GEAR AND THE STEERING KNUCKLE WAS BROKEN OFF AND NOSE GEAR COMPRESSED. THE PLANE WAS TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN TOWED FROM THERE.

## 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 NYC07LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA020), Oct 31, 2006: Cessna 182RG (N6362T), Toms River, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a landing short of the runway. A contributing factor was…

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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