# Accident 20021024032709A: Cessna 172N, Morristown, NJ, October 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2002, 17:09 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.7994° N, 74.4147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7994&lon=-74.4147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4599D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4599D-2005-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021024032709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1709 LCL, N4599D, A CE-172 LANDED ON RUNWAY 05 AT MORRISTOWN AIRPORT AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A TREE LINE. THIS WAS THE SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO LANDING FOR THE PILOT. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 05 DIRECTION CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED WITH THE TREE LINE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC03LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA014), Oct 24, 2002: Cessna 172N (N4599D), Morristown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N4599D (2)

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

- [Accident 20040808022909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808022909A), Aug 8, 2004: Cessna 172N (N4599D), Wilkes Barre Sc, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot on a cross country flight was making a landing at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton international airport (avp) runway 4. Student pilot landed on…
- [Incident 19990502020249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502020249I), May 2, 1999: Cessna 172N (N4599D), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on runway 1 at Republic Airport (frg). At touchdown, aircraft bounced two or three times and came to rest on grass, left of runway. Aircraft…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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