# Incident 20050516009439I: Cessna 172N, Ocean City, MD, May 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2005, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ocean City, MD
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3105° N, 75.1240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (OXB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3105&lon=-75.1240&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734AT-2009-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516009439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415, STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING HIS 2ND SUPERVISED SOLO AT THE OCEAN CITY AIRPORT (OXB), OCEAN CITY, MD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS OPERATING A CESSNA 172, N734AT. PRIOR TO HIS SOLO FLIGHT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ CONDUCTED TWO TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 2 WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE TIME OF HIS SOLO FLIGHT THE WIND WAS 060 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. DURING HIS FIRST LANDING HE STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN. HE STATED THAT DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRPLANE STARTED DRIFTING RIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH HE TRIED TO CORRECT, ONCE THE AIRPLANE GOT ON THE WET GRASS HE SAID HE LOST TRACTION AND WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE THEN ROLLED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROP AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N734AT (2)

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

- [Accident 20080712841169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712841169A), Jul 12, 2008: Cessna 172N (N734AT), Annapolis, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted four approaches but was unable to slow aircraft down. On fifth approach, he landed long and fast and overshot the runway. The aircraft…
- [Accident 20040212001829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040212001829A), Feb 12, 2004: Cessna 172N (N734AT), Easton, MD, Minor damage. (-23) On the third and final stop and go landing, the student pilot flared too high and began porpoising down the runway. The student added power and the…

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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