# Accident 20240501004279A: Cessna 172M, Westminster, MD, May 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2024, 14:50 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7WIS
- Location: 39.0000° N, 77.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0000&lon=-77.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1377U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1377U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total, 222 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240501004279A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 2024 AT 1850Z A CFI AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE FLYING A CESSNA 172 DOING A POWER-OFF 180 (SIMULATED ENGING OUT). THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE GROUND A FEW FEET PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THEN THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND DUE TO FAILED LANDING AND APPLIED FULL POWER AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT AIRBORN AND DID A POWER-ON STALL, TURNS LEFT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS FLIPPING OVER ON ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS JUST PRIOR TO THE PAPI LIGHTS ON RUNWAY 34 AT KDMW, WESTMINSTER MARYLAND.

## 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 ERA24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA204), May 1, 2024: Cessna 172M (N1377U), Westminster, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point during a simulated loss of engine power approach, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway. Also causal was the flight instructor’s…

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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