diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AccessorClassGenerationRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AccessorClassGenerationRule.java
index f0f8095fc1..cad0f0472b 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AccessorClassGenerationRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AccessorClassGenerationRule.java
@@ -72,19 +72,22 @@ public class AccessorClassGenerationRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
             final List<ASTConstructorDeclaration> constructors = privateConstructors.get(type.getImage());
 
             if (constructors != null) {
-                final ASTArguments callArguments = (ASTArguments) node.jjtGetChild(1);
-                final ClassScope enclosingScope = node.getScope().getEnclosingScope(ClassScope.class);
-
-                for (final ASTConstructorDeclaration cd : constructors) {
-                    // Are we within the same class scope?
-                    if (cd.getScope().getEnclosingScope(ClassScope.class) == enclosingScope) {
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    if (cd.getParameterCount() == callArguments.getArgumentCount()) {
-                        // TODO : Check types
-                        addViolation(data, node);
-                        break;
+                final ASTArguments callArguments = node.getFirstChildOfType(ASTArguments.class);
+                // Is this really a constructor call and not an array?
+                if (callArguments != null) {
+                    final ClassScope enclosingScope = node.getScope().getEnclosingScope(ClassScope.class);
+    
+                    for (final ASTConstructorDeclaration cd : constructors) {
+                        // Are we within the same class scope?
+                        if (cd.getScope().getEnclosingScope(ClassScope.class) == enclosingScope) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+    
+                        if (cd.getParameterCount() == callArguments.getArgumentCount()) {
+                            // TODO : Check types
+                            addViolation(data, node);
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AccessorClassGeneration.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AccessorClassGeneration.xml
index cbe0fe1446..763a734879 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AccessorClassGeneration.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AccessorClassGeneration.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,26 @@ public class Example extends View {
       }
     });
   }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+Array initializer is not a class body
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    private class Bar {
+        private int size;
+
+        private Bar() {
+        }
+
+        void bar() {
+            new Bar[size];
+        }
+    }
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 34115cd45f..546f6eb028 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ You need to use this, if you have a large project with many files, and you hit t
     *   [#275](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/275): \[java] FinalFieldCouldBeStatic: Constant in @interface incorrectly reported as "could be made static"
     *   [#282](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/282): \[java] UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn false positive when cloning Maps
     *   [#291](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/291): \[java] Improve quality of AccessorClassGeneration
+    *   [#352](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/352): \[java] AccessorClassGeneration throws ClassCastException when seeing array construction
 *   java-imports
     *   [#338](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/338): \[java] False positive on DontImportJavaLang when importing java.lang.ProcessBuilder
     *   [#339](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/339): \[java] False positive on DontImportJavaLang when importing Java 7's java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles