# Accident 20190730006549A: Cessna 172S, Westminster, MD, July 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2019, 08:30 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Clearview Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4669° N, 77.0175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4669&lon=-77.0175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618PD-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 119 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA464) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190730006549A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 GAA19CA464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA464), Jul 30, 2019: Cessna 172 (N618PD), Westminster, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue the landing with the airplane high and fast during the approach, which resulted in a long landing and a subsequent runway overrun and nose-over.

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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