# Accident 20150326004519A: Cessna R172E, Ft. Meade, MD, March 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2015, 16:40 local time
- Place: Ft. Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0856° N, 76.7653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0856&lon=-76.7653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7889N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7889N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150326004519A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 29, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N7889N, A CESSNA 172, LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT FME.  PILOTING THE AIRPLANE WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CFI.  ALSO ON BOARD WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENDED IN THE GRASS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN DAMAGE  TO THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT WING SPAR, AND THE PROPELLER.  THE WIND WAS  340 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25.  ACCORDING TO ONE EYEWITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES.  TIRE MARKS COULD BE SEEN ON THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS AREA. IN QUESTIONING THE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD, HE ALSO STATED THAT THE PILOT LANDED LONG.  ON APRIL 20, 2015, OPERATIONS ASI BERNARD AND MYSELF INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF N7889N ON MARCH 26, 2015, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS DEMONSTRATING CROSS WIND LANDING PROCEDURES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 23 KNOTS.  HE STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO LAND NO FLAPS DUE TO THE GUSTING WINDS.  HE ALSO STATED THAT HE PLANNED TO LAND AT THE WIND SOCK (WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD).  HE STATED THAT HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE ON FINAL APPROACH.  HE LANDED AT THE WINDSOCK AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP AND LANDED LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE.  HE THOUGHT HE LOST HIS BRAKES AND STATED THAT HE HAD NO INTENTION OF GOING AROUND.  HE STATED THAT HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND RETARDED THE MIXTURE CONTROL BEFORE GOING OFF THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN STATED THAT AFTER GOING OFF THE RUNWAY THE WHEEL SANK INTO THE DIRT, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, LURCHED TO THE LEFT AND THE NOSE GEAR FELL INTO A HOLE.  HE SAID THAT HE HEARD A BUMP WHEN THE THE WING AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 GAA15CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA030), Mar 26, 2015: Cessna R172E (N7889N), Fort Meade, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to land the airplane without sufficient runway to stop, resulting in a runway excursion and substantial damage to the right wing of the airplane.

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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