# Incident 20080427837669I: Cessna 172N, Caldwell, NJ, April 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NUCS
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3429E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3429E) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 725 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427837669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE APPLYING FULL POWER FOR TAKEOFF AFTER APPROX. 12 TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 04 AT KCDW (ESSEX COUNTY AIRPORT) THE RIGHT SEAT DISENGAGED AND SLID FULLY AFT.  THE RIGHT SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WHO WAS MAKING THE TAKEOFF AFTER THE TOUCH AND GO.  WITH THE SEAT IN THE FULLY AFT POSITION THE PILOT COULD NOT REACH THE RUDDER OR BRAKES.  HE ASKED THE STUDENT PILOT TO "TAKE IT" AND WHEN THE STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH THE PILOT CLOSED THE THROTTLE AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT WERRED AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE OFF THE BREAKAWAY PORTION OF THE LANDING LIGHT AND THE LIGHT THEN IMPACTED THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ADJACENT TO THE FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS MINIMAL.  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DENTED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIB CLOSEST TO THE FUSELAGE.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MOVED HIS SEAT FROM THE INITIAL TAKEOFF UNTIL THE SEAT DISENGAGED AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWELVE TOUCH AND GO'S.

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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