# Incident 20070624021099I: Cessna 182T, Morristown, NJ, June 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2007, 20:06 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N50504, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 175 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070624021099I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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