# Accident 19820419010219A: Cessna 172P, Morristown, NJ, April 19, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1982, 12:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54576, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54576) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 58 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820419010219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT WITH PASSENGER COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC82DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA074), Apr 19, 1982: Cessna 172 (N54576), Morristown, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N54576 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20251220019149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251220019149A), Dec 20, 2025: Cessna 172P (N54576), Quinton, VA, Destroyed. On 20 December, 2025, pilot in command (PIC) departed W96 New Kent County Airport, performed one traffic pattern with no anomolies. On climb out of second…
- [Accident 20010702017779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702017779A), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 172P (N54576), Stevensville, MD, No damage. (-23) Pilot landed hard on runway 11 at W29 and porpoised the aircraft damaging the firewall. The pilot admitted he made an error.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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