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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182T · Morristown, NJ · June 24, 2007

Date: June 24, 2007 · 20:06 local
Place: Morristown, NJ
Airport: Morristown Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N50504
Reported as: Cessna 182T
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 225 total175 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N50504Registered now · Cessna 182TS/N 18281057 · Built 2001 Airframe modelCessna 182T Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) At 2006E a Cessna 182-S N50504 landed runway 23 at mmu and slid off the right side of the runway and into a ditch. The aircraft was able to power out of the ditch and taxied to the ramp without incident. No arrf was requested. On site inspection of aircraft revealed that the nose wheel pant fairing was smashed and hanging off the nose strut. The nose strut was found to have blown by due to hard impact. The strut had hydraulic fluid seeping past the strut lower chevron seal. The exhaust stack was found crushed at lower opening at front. The LH and RH main landing gear wheel pant fairings were broken. The RH and LH main gear strut fairings were dented, torn and deformed. It was requested that the pilot have the local FBO remove the engine cowlings and inspect the engine mounts and forward firewall and airframe for other damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 2006E A CESSNA 182-S N50504 LANDED RUNWAY 23 AT MMU AND SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO POWER OUT OF THE DITCH AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO ARRF WAS REQUESTED. ON SITE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL PANT FAIRING WAS SMASHED AND HANGING OFF THE NOSE STRUT. THE NOSE STRUT WAS FOUND TO HAVE BLOWN BY DUE TO HARD IMPACT. THE STRUT HAD HYDRAULIC FLUID SEEPING PAST THE STRUT LOWER CHEVRON SEAL. THE EXHAUST STACK WAS FOUND CRUSHED AT LOWER OPENING AT FRONT. THE LH AND RH MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANT FAIRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE RH AND LH MAIN GEAR STRUT FAIRINGS WERE DENTED, TORN AND DEFORMED. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE PILOT HAVE THE LOCAL FBO REMOVE THE ENGINE COWLINGS AND INSPECT THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND FORWARD FIREWALL AND AIRFRAME FOR OTHER DAMAGE.