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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Israel 1124 · Morristown, NJ · January 31, 1996

Date: January 31, 1996 · 08:12 local
Place: Morristown, NJ
Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N416W
Reported as: Israel 1124
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,100 total1,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft was landing at Morristown in IFR conditions with snow. Made NDB approach to runway 5. On landing left main wheel shattered. Aircraft lost directional control and went off right side of runway. Pilot reported firm landing. Two witnesses reported "hard" landing. There was minor damage and no injuries. There was no visible signs of structural damage to aircraft. Left main landing gear wheel broke.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT MORRISTOWN IN IFR CONDITIONS WITH SNOW. MADE NDB APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5. ON LANDING LEFT MAIN WHEEL SHATTERED. AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED FIRM LANDING. TWO WITNESSES REPORTED "HARD" LANDING. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL BROKE.