20190730006549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Westminster, MD · July 30, 2019

Date
July 30, 2019 · 08:30 local
Place
Westminster, MD
Airport
Clearview Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N618PD
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA464
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
247 total119 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot reported that he performed multiple VFR approaches into the airport without touching down while remaining in the traffic pattern. On his last approach, he attempted to land and stated that his approach was steep and fast. This caused him to touch down more than half way down the 1840 foot runway and on a downhill slope. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft and departed the end of the runway. The aircraft then went down a steep embankment and flipped upside down. The aircraft incurred substantial damage to multiple parts, including the fuselage, both wings, and the vertical stabilizer.

Weather: MET07307/30/19 08:40:02 METAR kdmw 301340Z 20003KT 10SM clr 28/21 A3004 rmk AO2

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE PERFORMED MULTIPLE VFR APPROACHES INTO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN WHILE REMAINING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ON HIS LAST APPROACH, HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AND STATED THAT HIS APPROACH WAS STEEP AND FAST. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TOUCH DOWN MORE THAN HALF WAY DOWN THE 1840 FOOT RUNWAY AND ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE PARTS, INCLUDING THE FUSELAGE, BOTH WINGS, AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.

WEATHER: MET07307/30/19 08:40:02 METAR KDMW 301340Z 20003KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3004 RMK AO2

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.