# Accident 20060930024259A: Cessna 172S, Cambridge, MD, September 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2006, 13:35 local time
- Place: Cambridge, MD
- Airport: Cambridge Dorchester Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5394° N, 76.0303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5394&lon=-76.0303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 718 total, 300 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930024259A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 NYC06CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA232), Sep 30, 2006: Cessna 172S (N61WT), Cambridge, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while 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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