# Accident 20050923024929A: Cessna 172P, Mitchellville, MD, September 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Airport: Freeway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9464° N, 76.7758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9464&lon=-76.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99137, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99137-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 183 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923024929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A CESSNA 172P LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT FREEWAY AIRPORT (W00) LOST CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING A CROSSWIND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE (APPROX. 1100 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD) AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING (APPROX. 330 DEGREES). THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 266 FEET THROUGH THE GRASS, STRUCK A TIED DOWN GRUMMAN TIGER (N9916) AND THEN STRUCK THE NEXT AIRCRAFT A DIAMOND DA-40 (N392MA) BEFORE IT STOPPED. ALL THREE AIRCRAFT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, NO INJURY TO THE SINGLE PILOT.

## 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 NYC05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA146), Sep 23, 2005: Cessna 172P (N99137), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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