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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · Somerset, NJ · April 10, 2017

Date: April 10, 2017 · 15:29 local
Place: Somerset, NJ
Airport: Somerset
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5813R
Reported as: Cessna 172G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 13 total100 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N5813RRegistration cancelled May 29, 2020 · Cessna 172GS/N 17253482 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 172G Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft left frg on a personal flight. Pilot decided to land at N47 for fuel and after landing they found out they had no fuel so they decided to go to smq. On first attempt to land pilot decided to go around because aircraft was unstable. Then on second attempt aircraft landed long and fast and aircraft veered off the left side of the runway into a ditch. Aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LEFT FRG ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT N47 FOR FUEL AND AFTER LANDING THEY FOUND OUT THEY HAD NO FUEL SO THEY DECIDED TO GO TO SMQ. ON FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND BECAUSE AIRCRAFT WAS UNSTABLE. THEN ON SECOND ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST AND AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.