# Accident 20120415006219A: Tiger Aircraft LLC AG-5B, Lincoln Park, NJ, April 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2012, 15:35 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9475° N, 74.3144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9475&lon=-74.3144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N965TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N965TE-2018-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tiger AG-5B (registry code 3990101, https://openairdocs.org/model/tiger-ag-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TIGER AIRCRAFT LLC AG-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 188 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120415006219A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/15/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST IN A TREE EAST OF RUNWAY 19. IN A VERBAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENT THE SUBJECT AIRMAN STATED HE WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM K5B2 TO KN07, AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT KNO7 ON RUNWAY 19 THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE ON THE RUNWAY JUST AFTER THE NUMBERS. THE AIRMAN STATED AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE HE ATTEMPTED TO PREFORM A GO AROUND AND APPLIED FULL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DRIFTED TO THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 19 AND BOUNCED AGAIN ON A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXI WAY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THE AIRMAN STATED HE COULD NOT CLEAR THE TREE LINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED A TREE THIRTY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT HAND WING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CAUGHT IN A TREE. THE AIRMAN STATED HE SHUT OFF ALL POWER, CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE PASSENGER.  THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS HANGING IN A TREE EAST OF RUNWAY 19 APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET SOUTH OF THE NUMBERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS WITH THE TAIL SECTION HOLDING THE REMAINDER OR THE AIRCRAFT SUSPENDED BY CONTROL CABLES AND ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANGING APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION FACING NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET INBOARD OF THE WING TIP AND FUEL WAS DRIPPING FROM BOTH WINGS. A ONE HUNDRED FOOT SECTION OF TREE LINE NORTH OF THE RESTING PLACE OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPACT DAMAGE TO TREES; THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF BROKEN BRANCHES FOUND BOTH ON THE GROUND AND HANGING IN THE TREES. SMALL SECTIONS OF TORN FUSELAGE AND WING SKIN WERE STILL HANGING IN THE TREES. BOTH PROP BLADES SHOWED LITTLE SIGN OF DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE TREE BY GROUND CREW WITH THE USE OF A CRANE AND TAKEN TO THE OWNER'S SECURED HANGAR. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE FOLLOWING, THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION AND 14CFR 91.207 D ELT INSPECTION WAS COMPLIED WITH ON 6/8/2011 AT 755.2 ACTT, THE 14 CFR 91.411 AND 91.413 CHECKS WERE COMPLIED WITH ON 6/1/2011 BY CRS LPKR101K.

## 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 ERA12CA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA284), Apr 15, 2012: Tiger AG-5B (N965TE), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a go-around in a crosswind.

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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