What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During a landing on runway 16 at Cambridge airport (cge), Cambridge, MD the pilot lost control of aircraft and ran off the right hand side of the runway approximately 1500 ft from the approach end. The aircraft struck a runway and a taxiway light and then made an 80 degree left turn back across the runway and exited on the left side of the runway going through a drainage ditch and coming to rest in an adjacent field approximately 2000 ft from the approach end of the runway. Damage was sustained to the underside of the empennage just behind the baggage compartment (a small crease about 12 inches long) and further back on the underside of the empennage (a dent approximately 6 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep) the horizontal stabilizer was also dented on the leading edge on the left side (a dent approximately 2 inches deep on the leading edge) due to striking the runway light. When the aircraft crossed the runway to the left it scraped the left wing tip on the runway. The fire wall was damaged from traversing the ditch and bottoming out the nose wheel strut. The pilot elected to fly the aircraft back to its home base, frederick, MD (fdk) not realizing the significance of the damage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT CAMBRIDGE AIRPORT (CGE), CAMBRIDGE, MD THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND RAN OFF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT FROM THE APPROACH END. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND THEN MADE AN 80 DEGREE LEFT TURN BACK ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND EXITED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY GOING THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH AND COMING TO REST IN AN ADJACENT FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE EMPENNAGE JUST BEHIND THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT (A SMALL CREASE ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG) AND FURTHER BACK ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE EMPENNAGE (A DENT APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 3 INCHES DEEP) THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS ALSO DENTED ON THE LEADING EDGE ON THE LEFT SIDE (A DENT APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES DEEP ON THE LEADING EDGE) DUE TO STRIKING THE RUNWAY LIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT IT SCRAPED THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE RUNWAY. THE FIRE WALL WAS DAMAGED FROM TRAVERSING THE DITCH AND BOTTOMING OUT THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO ITS HOME BASE, FREDERICK, MD (FDK) NOT REALIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAMAGE.
NTSB investigation
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