# Accident 19981025041889A: Cessna 172M, Cumberland, MD, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Mexico Farms Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6060° N, 78.7605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEXICO FARMS (1W3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6060&lon=-78.7605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61648, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61648) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 240 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025041889A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON OCTOBER 25, 1998, ABOUT 1000 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N61648, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT MEXICO FARMS AIRFIELD (LW3) CUMBERLAND MARYLAND. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT BETWEEN WASHINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (HGR), HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, AND MEXICO FARMS.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH  ON THE APPROACH, SO HE INCREASED ANGLE OF DESCENT INSTEAD OF USING FULL FLAPS OR SLIPPING.  THE AIRPLANE "LANDED LONG AND HOT,"  AND APPROACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DITCH.  HE PULLED FULL BACK ON THE YOKE TO AVOID SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL, AND THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 100 FEET.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME BACK DOWN, IT INITIALLY LANDED ON THE LEFT AND NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE THEN BOUNCED DOWN ON THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE PILOT WROTE THAT HE "COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND RATHER   THAN ATTEMPTING TO FORCE PLANE DOWN IN (THE) LENGTH REMAINING AFTER TOUCHDOWN." (-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 27 AT MEXICO FARMS AIRFIELD ON OCTOBER 25, 1998 AT 10:30 AM AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG & HOT. ON ROLL OUT PILOT LIFTED NOSE TO AVOID RUNWAY OBSTRUCTION, AIRCRAFT LIFTED FROM GROUND, ROLLED LEFT AND PITCHES FORWARD STRIKING GROUND WITH LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING AT TIP AND PROP. AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED RIGHT STRIKING GROUND WITH RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AT TIP AND CONTINUED TO ROLL OUT COMING TO A STOP @100' PAST END OF RWY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA021), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 172M (N61648), Cumberland, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land, instead of performing a go-around.

## Other reports on N61648 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040207002069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040207002069A), Feb 7, 2004: Cessna 172M (N61648), Cumberland, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed hagerstown, MD (hgr) on a local pleasure flight to Cumberland, MD (cbe) with two passengers. The pilot obtained the weather electronically…

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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