# Accident 20200619009069A: Cessna 172M, Churchville, MD, June 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2020, 13:45 local time
- Place: Churchville, MD
- Airport: Harford County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7HDS
- Location: 39.5683° N, 76.2031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5683&lon=-76.2031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21585, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21585) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 21 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200619009069A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 19TH 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745Z A STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING SOLO TAKE-OFFS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND PROCEDURES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED.  HE INITIALLY PUT IN FULL THROTTLE TO CONDUCT A GO-AROUND, BUT THEN PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED WITH THE LANDING.  UPON REMOVING POWER THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT BY APPLYING BRAKES AND PULLING BACK ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE.  THIS CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND DAMAGE THE ENGINE TRUSS.  THE LEFT WING ALSO STRUCK THE GROUND, WHICH WRINKLED THE UPPER AND LOWER WING SKIN AND DAMAGED THE REAR SPAR.

## 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 ERA20CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA227), Jun 19, 2020: Cessna 172 (N21585), Churchville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a 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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