- Date
- July 4, 1969
- Place
- Pluckemin, NJ · PLUCKEMIN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56122Piper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165274
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2818 69/7/4 PLUCKEMIN,NJ PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1000 TIME - 1600 N56122 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLUCKEMIN,NJ PLUCKEMIN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- T/D APRX MIDWAY ON RWY,BRAKES DID NOT HOLD TURNED OFF RWY TO SOD AREA STRUCK HIDDEN DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56122
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset