# Accident 20140708014599A: Cessna 172N, Annapolis, MD, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 19:34 local time
- Place: Annapolis, MD
- Airport: Lee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NYGS
- Location: 38.9428° N, 76.5683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-76.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7368F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7368F) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 593 total, 474 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708014599A

## Narrative

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

CFI PILOT STATED SHE WAS PREPARING STUDENT PILOT FOR UPCOMING STAGE 3 CHECK RIDE. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF EASTON MD AND THEY WERE MONITORING WEATHER CONDITIONS VIA I-PAD. STUDENT PILOT WAS IN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. CFI CONTEMPLATED LANDING AT BAY BRIDGE AIRPORT DUE TO APPROACHING STORM BUT, DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO LEE AIRPORT. WHEN APPROACHING VICINITY OF LEE AIRPORT CFI TOOK OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO DIMINISHING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CFI STATED JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN A VERY LARGE GUST OF WIND PROPELLED THE AIRCRAFT UPWARD SEVERAL FEET BEFORE SLAMMING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA14CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA334), Jul 8, 2014: Cessna 172N (N7368F), Edgewater, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with an unanticipated convective gust front or low-level wind shear while landing, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent hard 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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