# Incident 20090930049819I: Cessna 172M, Morristown, NJ, September 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N1319U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1319U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,452 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090930049819I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 SUBJECT AIRCRAFT STRUCK A METAL BUILDING WHILE TAXING DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AT MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. MR MELVIN MIRRER CFI STATED HE WAS INSTRUCTING STUDENT MR AHARON COHN WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ON TAXIWAY KILO. MR MIRRER STATED THE TURN WAS VERY WIDE AND HE TOLD THE STUDENT HOW TO CORRECT FOR IT. WHEN THE STUDENT DID NOT CORRECT THE TURN MR MIRRER STATED HE TRIED TO CORRECT IT HIMSELF BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING WITH THE RIGHT WING FOLLOWED BY CONTACT WITH PROPELLER. DAMAGE TO SUBJECT AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A DENT ON LEADING EDGE OF RIGHT HAND WING,DAMAGE TO SPINNER AND DAMAGE TO PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCIES PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N1319U (1)

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

- [Accident 20140306001379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140306001379A), Mar 6, 2014: Cessna 172M (N1319U), Pittstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he completed successful touch and go at mmu, felt first approach to N40 runway 25 was high and went around. On second approach, during flare, he…

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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