# Incident 20230412020529I: Cessna 172I, Morristown, NJ, April 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2023, 12:05 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown
- Damage: Substantial 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: N35623, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35623) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 651 total, 593 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230412020529I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 12, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING LANDINGS AT MMU WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ONBOARD. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THEY "LANDED A LITTLE HARD". IT APPEARS THAT THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK FIRST DURING THE LANDING, SUBSEQUENTLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING INSTRUCTION DOES NOT HOLD A STUDENT CERTIFICATE OR A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

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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