# Incident 19960229006469I: Cessna 340A, Morristown, NJ, February 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1996, 16:47 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429MB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960229006469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT MORRISTOWN, AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TAKEOFF AND WENT INTO MUD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AT ROTATION, WHEN PILOT PULLED BACK ON YOKE, THE NOSE DROPPED. NOT KNOWING WHAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION, THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE, SO HE DIDN'T APPLY MAXIMUM BAKING. HE WENT A FEW FEET INTO MUD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, RATHER THAN MAKE A SHARP TURN AND COLLAPSE GEAR. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE STRUT HAD COLLAPSED. NO DAMAGE, NO INJURIES, AND NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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