# Incident 20030224004279I: Cessna 172R, Baltimore, MD, February 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2003, 16:58 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35331, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35331-2014-01-06) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030224004279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 24 FEB 03, I WAS MONITORING AND TRAINING A STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING/REFRESHER FLIGHT FROM FREDERICK, MD TO LANCASTER, PA AND RETURN. THE VFR FLIGHT INCLUDED CLEARVIEW AIRPARK AS THE FIRST NAVIGATION CHECK POINT. RECENT SNOW STORMS MADE VISUAL NAVIGATION VERY DIFFICULT AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY CLEARVIEW AIRPARK, HIS FIRST CHECK POINT. THE STUDENT DECIDED TO HEAD DIRECTLY TO THE NEXT CHECK POINT WHICH WAS LANCASTER PA. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STUDENT PILOTS FLIGHT PLAN, I REALIZED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD TURNED TO THE WRONG HEADING (098), IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE WRONG HEADING. THE CORRECT HEADING, FROM CLEARVIEW TO LANCASTER WAS 047 DEGREES. TURNING TO THE WRONG HEADING WAS COMPOUNDED BY AN APPROXIMATE 50 KT TAILWIND FROM THE WEST. VERY SHORTLY (LESS THAN A MINUTE) AFTER TURNING TO THE WRONG HEADING, I TOLD THE STUDENT PILOT TO TURN TO A NORTHERLY HEADING IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID INADVERTENT ADIZ PENETRATION. BUT DUE TO THE STRONG TAILWINDS THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY ENTERED THE ADIZ. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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