# Accident 20071201828749A: Cessna 172N, Gaithersburg, MD, December 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2007, 14:40 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N259ER-2017-04-04) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071201828749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT MADE ONE TRAFFIC PATTERN CIRCUIT AND WERE DEPARTING ON TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER. INSTRUCTOR RETRACTED FLAPS AND STUDENT ADVANCED THROTTLE AND PUSHED CARB HEAT CONTROL TO COLD. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF AND BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT AND THEN BANK LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE ELECTED TO SECURE THE ENGINE WITH THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE TREES IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN DUE TO THE DOORS BEING PINNED BY THE TREES.

## 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 NYC08LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA049), Dec 1, 2007: Cessna 172N (N259ER), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an attempted touch-and-go. Contributing to the accident was the instructor's delay in taking remedial action, and the presence of trees…

## Other reports on N259ER (1)

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

- [Incident 19881014065039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881014065039I), Oct 14, 1988: Cessna 172N (N259ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Student overcontrolled on landing and stalled. Instructor recovered but plane landed hard on gear. Veered off runway

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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