# Incident 20200617011729I: Cessna 172R, Morristown, NJ, June 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2020, 17:10 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Y48S
- 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: N175AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N175AF-2022-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 25 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200617011729I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOT?S FIRST SOLO LANDING. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED DURING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 23 AT MORRISTOWN AIRPORT (MMU). THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE RUNWAY AND VEERED OFF INTO THE GRASS LEFT OF RUNWAY 23, RESULTING IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION.

THE STUDENT?S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT PERFORMED THREE SUCCESSFUL TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE SOLO FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT, ALSO REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED 2-3 TIMES, TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 23, VEERED TO LEFT, AND CAME TO A FULL STOP ON THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 23. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT BRAKE BLEED VALVE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED THE WEATHER AS WIND FROM 170 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS, 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, AND SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 4,200 FEET. THE REPORT DID NOT INCLUDE RUNWAY CONDITIONS. NEITHER THE STUDENT PILOT NOR THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED ANY PREEXISTING MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE.

THE STUDENT PILOT HAD THE PROPER CERTIFICATION AND LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N175AF (2)

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

- [Incident 20140512008569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140512008569I), May 12, 2014: Cessna 172R (N175AF), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 17, wind lifted the left wing and moved the nose down and propeller struck the runway
- [Incident 20131106022249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131106022249I), Nov 6, 2013: Cessna 172R (N175AF), Addison, TX, No damage. Heavy bird activity, on roll out, birds flew from side of runway into the bottom of the wing. No damage.

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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