# Incident 20121219029169I: Cessna 560, Morristown, NJ, December 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2012, 17:54 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: N535CE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121219029169I

## Narrative

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

SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THEY STATED DEPARTED TETERBORO AIRPORT, AT 10,000 FT THEY SAW A "MISCOMPARE" LIGHT FLICKER AND GO OUT. AT 12,000 FT THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, ATC DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A LEFT BANK THEN A RIGHT BANK TO CONTINUE THEIR COURSE. WHEN THE CREW WENT TO MAKE THE RIGHT BANK, THE AIRCRAFT CONTROL COLUMN WOULD NOT MOVE. PIC STATED THAT HE REPEATED TO CO-PILOT THAT HE HAD CONTROLS. THE CO-PILOT WASN'T ON THE CONTROLS. AFTER SOME TIME TRYING TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT COLUMN TO THE RIGHT AND PUTTING IN TRIM THE CREW HEARD A BANG NOISE AND THE COLUMN WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT BUT NOT SMOOTHLY. DIVERTED TO MMU AND CESSNA NY IS CONDUCTING MAINTENANCE AND THEY WILL UPDATE US. CESSNA TEST PILOTS FLEW AIRCRAFT TO CESSNA ORLANDO, THEY HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE AIRCRAFT. CESSNA IS GOING TO PERFORM REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE BUT FEELS NO FURTHER ACTION ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS IS NEEDED.

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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