# Accident 20101114050759A: Cessna 172N, Gaithersburg, MD, November 14, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1678° N, 77.1594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1678&lon=-77.1594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249ER-2014-11-26) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101114050759A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM LANCASTER PA. (LNS). AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN ON RWY 14 AT GAITHERSBURG, MD (GAI) AND BOUNDCED MORE THAN ONE TIME. WHEN THE THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY ON TO THE GRASS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED (BROKE OFF) BENDING THE FIRE WALL AND DAMAGING THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA11CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA061), Nov 14, 2010: Cessna 172N (N249ER), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate use of the rudder, and subsequent loss of directional control.

## Other reports on N249ER (1)

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

- [Incident 19890607037899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607037899I), Jun 7, 1989: Cessna 172N (N249ER), Sedona, AZ, Minor damage. Struck a deer on takeoff. Aborted. Minor damage to propeller and cowling.

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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