# Incident 20060711020469I: Cessna 172RG, Morristown, NJ, July 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2006, 20:38 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)
- Operator: Y48S
- 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: N9487D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9487D-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 50 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060711020469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A PRIVATE PILOT ENROLLED IN A COMMERCIAL PILOT TRAINING COURSE WERE PRACTICING LANDINGS. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR TOLD THEM TO REPORT MID-FIELD DOWNWIND EACH TIME. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THE SEVENTH LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO PRACTICE AN ENGINE OUT LANDING, AND AT THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE INSTRUCTOR REDUCED THE POWER TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE INTENTION WAS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON FINAL APPROACH, HOWEVER, ON THE TURN FROM THE BASE LEG TO FINAL THEY HEARD THE TOWER ISSUE A CLEARANCE TO LAND TO A GULFSTREAM AIRCRAFT. THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT ON APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FINAL AND DECIDED TO EXECUTE A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN AND REENTER THE DOWNWIND. THEY CALLED THE TOWER AND SAID THAT THEY WERE EXTENDING THE DOWNWIND TO SEQUENCE BEHIND THE GULFSTREAM AIRCRAFT ON FINAL. THE TOWER ACKNOWLEDGED AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE CLEARED FOR THE OPTION. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE COMMERCIAL STUDENT FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LANDED GEAR UP. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED. THE PROPELLER AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9487D (2)

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

- [Incident 20080717856219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080717856219I), Jul 17, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N9487D), Stockbridge, GA, Minor damage. In VMC while conducting approach and landings at Berry Hill Airport 4A0, Stockbridge, GA. Pilot failed to extend landing gear. Aircraft contacted runway 29 and…
- [Incident 19960331010409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331010409I), Mar 31, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N9487D), Groton - New Lo, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: during touch and go's at gon the student pilot mistook the landing gear handle for the carb heat and raised the gear shortly after landing. The…

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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