# Incident 20230511021719I: Cessna 172R, Morristown, NJ, May 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2023, 13:35 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: N24613, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24613) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 677 total, 398 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230511021719I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE INSTRUCTING PILOT  STATED THAT WHILE ON A LESSON WITH A STUDENT PILOT HE ASKED THE STUDENT TO PERFORM A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AT KMMU. THE STUDENT'S APPROACH WAS INITIALLY WITHIN STANDARDS. AS THEY APPROACHED SHORT FINAL THE STUDENTS APPROACH BEGAN TO TREND LOW, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT, THE STUDENT ADDED POWER TO ADJUST THE APPROACH, HOWEVER THIS RESULTED IN A SHALLOWER THAN USUAL APPROACH.  THE STUDENT ABRUPTLY REDUCED POWER WHICH RESULTED IN A RAPID DESCENT AND TAIL STRIKE.

## Other reports on N24613 (1)

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

- [Incident 20011127038399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011127038399I), Nov 27, 2001: Cessna 172R (N24613), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot practicing solo takeoffs and landings on runway 32 at Lincoln, Nebraska, lost control during the land roll-out due to wind gusts to 21…

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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