# Accident 20080726843819A: Cessna 172S, Stevensville, MD, July 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2008, 09:45 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Airport: Bay Bridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: C0KS
- Location: 38.9764° N, 76.3297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9764&lon=-76.3297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 205 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080726843819A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 NYC08CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA257), Jul 26, 2008: Cessna 172S (N331ME), Stevensville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action following the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced 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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