# Accident 20040207002069A: Cessna 172M, Cumberland, MD, February 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2004, 11:34 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Cumberland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6156° N, 78.7608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6156&lon=-78.7608&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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 270 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040207002069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED HAGERSTOWN, MD (HGR) ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT TO CUMBERLAND, MD (CBE) WITH TWO PASSENGERS. THE PILOT OBTAINED THE WEATHER ELECTRONICALLY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE BUT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. UPON ARRIVAL TO CBE THE AWOS-III REPORTED THE CBE WEATHER AS VFR WITH WINDS 290 AT 12 WITH GUSTS TO 24. HOWEVER, UPON CONTACTING UNICOM HE THOUGHT HE HEARD THE OPERATOR REPORT THE WINDS AS 260 AT 9 WITH GUSTS TO 15 AND THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 23. BASED UPON THIS INFORMATION HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 INSTEAD OF 29. DEEP INTO THE LANDING FLARE THE PILOT REPORTED A VERY STRONG GUST THAT LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR AND TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO COUNTERACT WITH A GO-AROUND BY APPLYING FULL POWER AND RIGHT CROSSWIND CORRECTIONS, HOWEVER, THE CESSNA WAS SLOW TO GAIN AIRSPEED, DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, AND THE LEFT MAIN STRUCK A FOUR FOOT SNOW BANK. AFTER STRIKING THE SNOW BANK THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A REVIEW OF THE AWOS PRINTOUT FOR THE ACCIDENT TIME PERIOD DID CONFIRM GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST.

## 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 NYC04CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA064), Feb 7, 2004: Cessna 172M (N61648), Cumberland, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind while landing. A factor was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N61648 (1)

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

- [Accident 19981025041889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025041889A), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 172M (N61648), Cumberland, MD, Substantial damage. (.4)On October 25, 1998, about 1000 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N61648, was substantially damaged during landing at Mexico farms airfield (LW3)…

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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