- Date
- April 19, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54576Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820419010219A
- Case key
- 71771
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot proceeded to the Morristown municipal airport to practice touch and go landings. He stated that during his first touch and go, the right wing picked up. He initiated a go-around to correct the problem. However, during the go-around, a wing of the aircraft hit trees and the plane landed off of the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54576
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275003
- Airframe hours
- 804
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Teterboro Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Teterboro Flight Academy
- Departed
- Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- Morristown, NJ
- Airport
- MMU · Morristown Municipal, runway 23, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N54576 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.