PRINCETON, NJ, USA
N5807F
CESSNA 210F
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED AFTER OVERFLYING MERCER CTY ARPT ON A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. THE ACFT HAD DESCENDED TO 900 FT TO OVERFLY MERCER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROCEED VFR TO PRINCETON ARPT TO LAND WHEN IT CONTACTED TREES AND CRASHED. THE WX WAS IMC AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND AT MERCER CTY ARTP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT WAS IN RADIO & VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE MERCER CTY ARPT AFTER AN ILS APPROACH AND WAS CLEARED FOR A FULL STOP LANDING BUT ASKED TO OVERFLY AND PROCEED TO PRINCETON. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FIELD WAS IFR AND HE WOULD HAVE TO LAND AS THE TOWER COULD NTO APPROVE THE FLT PLAN. THE PLT THEN ASKED FOR A SPECIAL VFR DEPARTURE OUT OF THE CONTROL ZONE WHICH HE RECEIVED AT 2114 EDT. THE PLT REPORTED CLEAR OF THE ZONE AT 2116 EDT. THE CRASH OCCURRED AT 2130 EDT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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