# Incident 20030316007739I: Cessna 172RG, Morristown, NJ, March 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N6278R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6278R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 130 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316007739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED WHEEL UP DUE TO THE PILOT NOT PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE GEAR UP LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED. THE PILOT PROVIDED A STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT HE FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A BENT PROPELLER, ENGINE DAMAGE, AND SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURRED WHEN GROUND PERSONNEL REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6278R (2)

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

- [Incident 19850503026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850503026799I), May 3, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N6278R), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. Student retracted gear instead of flaps during rollout.
- [Accident 19800427010879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800427010879A), Apr 27, 1980: Cessna R172G (N6278R), Snyder, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted emergency landing after flying through wires and crashed.

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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