# Accident 20060222011889A: Cessna 172R, Mitchellville, MD, February 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2006, 09:50 local time
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Airport: Freeway Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4494° N, 76.7722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4494&lon=-76.7722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3536C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3536C-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,258 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060222011889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/22/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 0842 LOCAL TIME, N3536C, A CESSNA CE-172 DEPARTED WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT (W66) ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO FREEWAY AIRPORT (W00), MITCHELLVILLE, MD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY A NON-INSTRUMENT RATED, PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED WHO WAS RECEIVING INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM AN ATP RATED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^. ALSO ON BOARD WAS A FEMALE NON-PILOT PASSENGER WHO SURVIVED THE INITIAL CRASH HOWEVER AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT HER CONDITION WAS NOT KNOWN. ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES ON THE FIELD (MECHANICS AND PILOTS) THE AIRCRAFT MADE 2 SEPARATE RNAV/GPS APPROACHES TO RWY 36. ON THE FIRST APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEARD BUT NOT SEEN GOING OVER. ON THE SECOND APPROACH A COUPLE OF THE WITNESSES STOOD OUTSIDE THE HANGAR TO SEE IF THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE SEEN. ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER AT ABOUT 200 TO 300 FT AGL IN THE DIRECTION OF RWY 36. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED BACK TO ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RWY 18, HOWEVER THEY WERE TOO FAST AND TOO FAR DOWN THE RWY TO EFFECT A LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CIRCLED LEFT BACK TO RWY 36, AT TREE TOP LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IN THE STEEPLY BANKED TURN CLOSE TOTHE GROUND AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC06FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA071), Feb 22, 2006: Cessna 172R (N3536C), Mitchellville, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper inflight planning/decision to attempt a landing in weather conditions below landing minimums, and his failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering. Factors in the accident were…

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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