# Incident 20161111023579I: Cessna 172S, Morristown, NJ, November 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2016, 11:55 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N792MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N792MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 219 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161111023579I

## Narrative

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

N792MD, A CESSNA 172, STRUCK THE TAIL UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 31, AT THE MORRISTOWN AIRPORT.   AFTER IT TAXIED BACK TO THE TIE DOWN AREA THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING ON LANDING TO THE TOWER.

THE PILOT STATED HE FELT LIKE THERE WAS WINDSHEAR ON LANDING ANDTHE INDICATED AIRSPEED DROPPED TO ZERO JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ENOUGH TO RATTLE HIS TEETH WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TIE DOWN HITTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE PARKING AREA WHEN HE NOTICED A HOLE IN RUDDER LOWER CAP AND THE TAIL TIE DOWN WAS MISSING. THE PILOT THEN CALLED AND INFORMED THE MMU TOWER OF MISSING TAIL TIE DOWN.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA REVEALED A HOLE IN THE RUDDER LOWER CAP, MISSING TAIL TIE DOWN, AND WORN SKIN BY THE TIE DOWN AREA FROM SCRAPING ON RUNWAY.

CESSNA REPAIR STATION IS INSPECTING AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. IF SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IS FOUND AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT WILL BE MADE.

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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