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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Stevensville, MD · July 26, 2008

Date
July 26, 2008 · 09:45 local
Place
Stevensville, MD
Airport
Bay Bridge
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
C0KS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N331ME
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC08CA257
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
510 total205 in this make and model164 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The CFI and his student were practicing crosswind landings on runway 29 with an eight knot crosswind from the left (200 deg.). The aircraft bounced upon touchdown and went airborne, a mismanagement of power and control inputs and retraction of the flaps caused the aircraft to bounce a second time on the right edge of the runway. At this point the CFI took the controls reduced the power and attempted to steer the aircraft to the parallel taxiway. The aircraft veered to the right and crossed the taxiway and continued out of control across the grass surface until it climbed the embankment at the airfield property edge. When the aircraft crossed an area of granite rip-rap the nose gear collapsed, the prop dug in and the aircraft flipped nose over end and came to rest inverted on the 8 inch to 12 inch granite rocks. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the CFI received a cut on his hand.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT WERE PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 29 WITH AN EIGHT KNOT CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT (200 DEG.). THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UPON TOUCHDOWN AND WENT AIRBORNE, A MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER AND CONTROL INPUTS AND RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE A SECOND TIME ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS REDUCED THE POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CROSSED THE TAXIWAY AND CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE GRASS SURFACE UNTIL IT CLIMBED THE EMBANKMENT AT THE AIRFIELD PROPERTY EDGE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED AN AREA OF GRANITE RIP-RAP THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROP DUG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED NOSE OVER END AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE 8 INCH TO 12 INCH GRANITE ROCKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CFI RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS HAND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.