# Accident 20130824016549A: Cessna 172P, Mitchellville, MD, August 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2013, 09:40 local time
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Airport: Freeway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9411° N, 76.7722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9411&lon=-76.7722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98923, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98923) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 84 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130824016549A

## Narrative

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

THERE WAS A RIGHT CROSSWIND ON RUNWAY 36 (050@08KT).  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS IN A CRAB AT TOUCHDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED LEFT.  HE HAD RIGHT AILERON  FOR THE CROSSWIND AND ADDED RIGHT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED FOR A CORN FIELD.  THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND.  HE SAW TREES AND BELIEVED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THEM.  HE REDUCED POWER AND LANDED IN THE CORN FIELD.  THE NOSE DUG IN THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ITS NOSE, WINDING UP ON ITS BACK, UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 ERA13CA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA377), Aug 24, 2013: Cessna 172P (N98923), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart with a known deficiency following a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was an anomaly of the airplane’s nosewheel steering that could not be replicated during…

## Other reports on N98923 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900106000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900106000239A), Jan 6, 1990: Cessna 172P (N98923), Newark, IL, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on frozen wet grass runway after landing. Ran off end into a fence and ravine. Misjudged braking.
- [Accident 19890425010609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890425010609A), Apr 25, 1989: Cessna 172D (N98923), Ottawa, IL, Substantial damage. Landed on last 50 feet of runway. Ran off end into a ditch. Was students 3rd supervised solo.

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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