# Incident 20090913021529I: Piper PA24180, Morristown, TN, September 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Airport: Moore-Murrell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1794° N, 83.3755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOORE-MURRELL (MOR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1794&lon=-83.3755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7990P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7990P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (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: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 26 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090913021529I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN HAD BEEN PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  ON INCIDENT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING 180 DEGREES TO DIRECTION OF LANDING.  PILOT STATED THAT HIS NOSE WHEEL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LIMITED BY STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE RUDDER/BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHICH KEPT HIM FROM APPLYING ADEQUATE NOSEWHEEL PRESSURE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY.  ON TOUCHDOWN AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY THE PILOT FAILED TO RETARD THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELING FARTHER FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.

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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