# Accident 20150525008789A: Cessna 172P, Bowie, MD, May 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2015, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bowie, MD
- Airport: Freeway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9447° N, 76.7731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9447&lon=-76.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6155K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6155K) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150525008789A

## Narrative

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

AFTER ARRIVING AT FREEWAY AIRPORT, MITCHELLVILLE, MD (WOO), THE PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY HEADWINDS.

HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A GO AROUND.  DURING HIS SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT "FLOATED" AND HE ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING  BY POINTING THE NOSE TO THE GROUND.  THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTING THE RUNWAY FIRST WHICH STARTED THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISING UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP.

THE PORPOISING RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE WHEEL AND FIREWALL.

## 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 ERA15CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA222), May 25, 2015: Cessna 172P (N6155K), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and damage to the airplane.

## Other reports on N6155K (1)

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

- [Accident 19830424015199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830424015199A), Apr 24, 1983: Cessna 172P (N6155K), Mt Pleasant, MI, Substantial damage. Misjudged approach. Struck powerlines on short final. Crash landed adjacent to the runway.

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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