# Incident 20170410006759I: Cessna 172G, Somerset, NJ, April 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2017, 15:29 local time
- Place: Somerset, NJ
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5813R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5813R-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170410006759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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