# NTSB NYC70D0024: Piper PA-22, N56122, Pluckemin, NJ, July 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1969
- Place: Pluckemin, NJ · PLUCKEMIN, NJ
- Location: 40.6453° N, 74.6346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pluckemin, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6453&lon=-74.6346&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70D0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70D0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Somerset

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.

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