# Accident 20100913044919A: Cessna 182S, Toms River, NJ, September 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2010, 19:55 local time
- Place: Toms River, NJ
- Airport: Robert J. Miller Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9231° N, 74.2886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9231&lon=-74.2886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N313MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 620 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA479](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA479) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100913044919A

## Narrative

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

ON 13 SEPTEMBER 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:55 N313MA CESSNA 182-S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A PARKED CONSTRUCTION TRUCK LOCATED ON TAXIWAY E AT MJX (ROBERT J. MILLER AIRPARK) LOCATED NEAR TOMS RIVER, NJ. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, DAVID C. ABRAMS, OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE CESSNA 182S, STATED TO INSPECTOR MOORE THAT HE HAD DEPARTED ACY (ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) FOR 3N6 (OLD BRIDGE AIRPORT).  HOWEVER, DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT HIS DESTINATION HE LANDED AT MJX. SUBSEQUENTLY, AT APPROXIMATLEY 19:45 EDT HE OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING WHERE THE BRIEFER STATED THERE WOULD BE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING DOWN ALONG HIS ROUTE TO 3N6 AND THAT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR THERE WOULD BE CELLS OVER MJX BUT BEHIND THEM WOULD BE CLEAR. THE BRIEFER ALSO ADVISE OF STRONG TURBULENCE IN FRONT OF THE THE THUNDERSTORN LINE. THE CONVERSATION WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF NOTAMS OR ANY FURTHER STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT INDICATING HIS INTENTIONS.DURING THAT NIGHT A WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT TAXING BRISKLY DOWN THE RAMP TOWARD TAXIWAY E AT APPROXIMATELY 19:30 EDT. MR. ABRAMS FURTHER STATED WHILE TAXING DOWN THE RAMP, THEN ONTO TAXIWAY E THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED CONSTRUCTION TRUCK THAT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED OR SURROUNDED BY REFLECTIVE CONES ALERTING THE LOCATION OF THE TRUCK ON THE TAXIWAY. THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE COLLISON WAS 19:55 EDT.

## 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 ERA10CA479](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA479), Sep 14, 2010: Cessna 182S (N313MA), Toms River, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout during a night taxi. Contributing to the accident was the improper parking of a ground vehicle partially onto the taxiway.

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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