# Accident 20250817012469A: Cessna 172S, Middle River, MD, August 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2025, 01:30 local time
- Place: Middle River, MD
- Airport: Martin State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3300° N, 76.4194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3300&lon=-76.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6208C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6208C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 663 total, 330 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250817012469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM RDU TO MTN. WHETHER IT WAS VMC WINDS CALM, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, SKY SCATTERED AT 5000 FEET. AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 EST ON AUGUST 17, 2025, DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING. OUR OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING MORNING APPROXIMATELY 0930 AND INSPECTORS WERE DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE AND INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA306), Aug 17, 2025: Cessna 172 (N6208C), Baltimore, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate landing flare at night, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N6208C (1)

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

- [Incident 20200511003459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200511003459I), May 11, 2020: Cessna 172S (N6208C), Middle River, MD, Minor damage. On 05/11/2020 at approximately 10:20 local time [privacy data omitted] was performing a landing on runway 33 at Martin State Airport (kmtn) Middle River, MD.…

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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