# Incident 20130914021182I: Cessna 177B, Morristown, NJ, September 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2013, 07:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7966° N, 74.4773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morristown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7966&lon=-74.4773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17142, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17142) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (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: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130914021182I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 AT MORRISTOWN AIRPORT (MMU); AIRCRAFT N17142 OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS ON TAXI FOR DEPARTURE AND STRUCK A PARKED CESSNA 172-N (N3054E).   THE PARKED AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ANY CREW OR PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  THE OPERATING AIRCRAFT HAD ONE CREW ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.

N17142 RECEIVED DAMAGE ON THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE, AND A DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE (MIDDLE) OF THE WING DUE TO HITTING THE PROPELLER ALONG WITH A SCRAPE MARK BELOW THE WING.  N3054E RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PROPELLER HAD PAINT ON TRAILING EDGE, BUT NO VISUAL DAMAGE (PROPELLER MOVED DURING IMPACT).  BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE WEST TIE DOWN RAMP AREA OF THE AIRPORT.

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE AIRMAN ON 09/24/2013:

I WAS TAXIING THE CARDINAL OUT OF THE MMU WEST TIE-DOWN AT ABOUT 0700 LOCAL TIME?  THE PLANE SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP.  I SHUT THE ENGINE, DIS-EMBARKED FROM THE PLANE, AND NOTED THAT THE LEFT WING HAD RUN INTO THE WINDSHIELD OF A PARKED PLANE.

WINDS WERE CALM, AND VISIBILITY WAS +6M WITH CLEAR SKIES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3054E, Cessna 172N: no report for this aircraft; [N3054E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3054E) is registered now

## Other reports on N17142 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080911849299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080911849299A), Sep 11, 2008: Cessna 177B (N17142), Warwick, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] stated he made one approach to runway 3 at the Warwick airport, he went around after determining he could not make the landing. On…

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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