14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, July 12, 2015 in Stafford Twp, NJ
Aircraft: CESSNA 210 5A(205A), registration: N315EC
Injuries: 1 Minor, 4 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On July 12, 2015, about 1010 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210-5A, N315EC, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a total loss of engine power during climbout from Eagles Nest Airport (31E), West Creek, New Jersey. The commercial pilot and 3 passengers were not injured, and 1 passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the skydiving flight. The airplane was owned by Seasky27 Productions LLC and operated by Skydive East Coast under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, the accident flight was the second flight of the morning. The airplane was performing "normally," just as it had performed during the first flight. During climbout, he noted the cylinder head temperatures were in the "normal" range. About 4,000 feet above mean sea level, the engine experienced a total loss of power, and about 1 minute later the propeller ceased windmilling. He attempted to restart the engine; however, was unsuccessful and elected to perform an off-airport landing to a nearby highway. During the landing rollout, and to avoid impacting automobile traffic on the highway, the pilot guided the airplane onto the median, impacting several road signs with the wings and horizontal stabilizer.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector and local police photographs, the airplane came to rest upright in the median of a divided highway. The airplane was recovered to the operator's hangar and examination of the airplane revealed damage to both wings. Exterior examination of the engine did not reveal any abnormalities, and the engine was rotated by hand, utilizing the propeller. Further examination revealed that the crankshaft was not rotating at the rear accessory gears, and no motion was observed on the piston heads for Cylinders No. 1 and 2; however, motion was observed on all other cylinder pistons during the manual rotation of the propeller.
According to a New Jersey Department of Transportation traffic camera video, the airplane touched down on a momentarily vacant stretch of the westbound lanes of the highway, veered toward the left, and came to rest in the median.
The engine was retained for further examination.
SEASKY27 PRODUCTIONS LLC: http://registry.faa.gov/N315EC
A small plane made an emergency landing on Route 72 near the Home Depot store this morning, according to Stafford Township police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department.
Stafford Police responded to the area of Route 72 and Route 9 at 10:13 a.m.
“The initial investigation suggests that the small single engine plane, carrying students from the Skydive East Coast Sky Diving School, lost power, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing on the grass median between the east and westbound lanes of Route 72,” Stafford Officer Christopher Fritz said.
One sky dive instructor was treated for a small cut on his arm, but there were no other injuries, he said.
There were four passengers and the pilot on board, Fritz said.
Officers at the scene closed the left lanes on Route 72 in both directions for approximately 90 minutes while the scene remained under investigation. No other vehicles were involved, Fritz said.
The investigation will be turned over to Federal Aviation Administration for further investigation, he said.
“Kudos to the pilot. ...Sunday traffic on 72 and a no injury landing....pretty much textbook,” Janine Seeley wrote on the Stafford Township Police Department Facebook page.
“It happened right in front of me and I have to say way to go to the pilot!” Leah Faith Scalie wrote on the department’s Facebook page. ” Calm, cool, and collective and was able to land safely! Glad everyone was ok!”
Route 72 is open, police said.
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STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — A plane filled with thrill-seeking skydivers had their trips unexpectedly shortened when their plane made an emergency landing on Route 72 in Stafford Township, police said.
Township police said that the single-engine Cessna, from the Skydive East Coast school, made the bumpy but safe landing just outside a Home Depot on Sunday morning.
One instructor suffered a small cut on his arm, police said, but nobody else was hurt.
The emergency was caused by a loss of power, according to police.
Read more: http://www.nj.com
A skydiving school plane landed on the main road to a Jersey Shore town Sunday morning to the surprise of people going about their day on the shore.
The incident left one instructor hurt.
The small aircraft from Skydive East Coast skydiving school in nearby West Creek landed safely in the median along Barnegat Road (New Jersey Route 72) near Main Street (U.S. Route 9) in Stafford Township, New Jersey shortly before 10:15 a.m., said Stafford Township Police. The road is the main route to and from Long Beach Island.
A worker at the nearby Home Depot said that it appeared the single-engine, four-seater, white-and-blue aircraft was unscathed on the grassy median.
The plane was carrying students from Skydive East Coast when it lost power forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing, said police. A skydiving instructor suffered a minor cut on his arm.
Officers closed the left lanes of traffic in both directions as they investigated the incident. After about 90 minutes, Stafford police tweeted a photo showing the fixed-wing Cessna pulled off the roadway and into a nearby parking lot. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the incident.
Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com
Somewhere over Stafford, the pilot reported a loss of power and forced an emergency landing onto the Route 72 median, Schiattarella said.
The FAA notified Ocean County authorities after losing contact with the airplane.
The plane was not high enough for the instructor and students to jump with a parachute, Schiattarella said. The only injury suffered was a small cut on the skydive instructor's arm, Officer Christopher Fritz said.
One lane of eastbound and westbound traffic on Route 72, the only thoroughfare to Long Beach Island, was closed for about 90 minutes. Police were able to move the plane to a parking lot on West Road, Schiattarella said.
The investigation will be turned over to Federal Aviation Administration, Fritz said.
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that left leading edge is damaged.
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