# Incident 20250708009479I: Cessna 172N, Gaithersburg, MD, July 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7WIS
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5215E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5215E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 13 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250708009479I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN (CFI) WAS DOING A DISCOVERY FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT.  AIRMAN STATED STEERING WAS INEFFECTIVE AND DECIDED TO NOT CONTINUE THE PLANNED FLIGHT IN THAT AIRCRAFT.  THEY TAXIED TO THE END OF THE TAXIWAY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE INTENT TO TAXI TO THE NEXT TURNOFF AND RETURN TO THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT TURN LEFT AND DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO THE GRASS AND DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT INTO A CHAINLINK FENCE WHERE IT CAME TO REST.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5215E (2)

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

- [Incident 20010809021889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809021889I), Aug 9, 2001: Cessna 172N (N5215E), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) On August 10, 2001, 0950 hours eastern daylight savings time, a Cessna 172N, N5215E, ran off runway 4 at Bader field, Atlantic City, NJ (aiy). The…
- [Accident 19890827031849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827031849A), Aug 27, 1989: Cessna 172N (N5215E), Madison, MS, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing until propeller struck the runway then veered off 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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