# Accident 20140306001379A: Cessna 172M, Pittstown, NJ, March 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Sky Manor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5659° N, 74.9793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY MANOR (N40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5659&lon=-74.9793&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 100 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/20140306001379A

## Narrative

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

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 WAS HOLDING NOSE HIGH, STALL HORN WAS CHIRPING "JUST ON THE EDGE" AND AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT, RIGHT GEAR COUGHT SNOWBANK CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SLEW RIGHT AND FLIP OVER. PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS UNINJURED.

PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE CALM AND THE WINDSOCKS WERE LIMP.

PILOT STATED "THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRPLANE, SO LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE PICTURE".

AIRCRAFT INSPECTION SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS BENT, BOTH FWD AND AFT SPARS BENT, SKINS INBD OF STRUTS WRINKLED, NO FUEL LEAKING. VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER TIP CRUSHED. EMPANAGE COMPRESSION FAILURE UNDER FWD FIN ATTACH. PROPELLER TIPS BOTH SHOW LIGHT SCRAPING AND MUD, ONE BLADE BENT MID SPAN APPROX 20 DEGREES.

AILERON, ELEVATOR, AND RUDDER CONTROLS CONTINUOUS. TIRES UNREMARKABLE. RIGHT BRAKE GOOD, LEFT BRAKE GOES TO FLOOR HOWEVER HYDRAULIC FLUID PRESENT ON FIREWALL INSULATION ABOVE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR SUGGESTING FLUID DRAINED FROM RESERVOIR  VENT PLUG POST ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1319U (1)

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

- [Incident 20090930049819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090930049819I), Sep 30, 2009: Cessna 172M (N1319U), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. On September 30, 2009 subject aircraft struck a metal building while taxing during instructional flight at Morristown Municipal Airport. Mr melvin mirrer CFI…

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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