- Date
- October 15, 1982, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6214FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821015053389A
- Case key
- 71732
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was landed with 20 degrees flaps at 67 mph. It continued off the end of the 2,150 foot runway, went through a fence and came to rest at the edge of highway route 50. The handbook recommended 40 degrees of flaps and a 61 mph approach speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6214F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273168
- Airframe hours
- 444
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- U.S. Naval Academy Fly Club
- Registered owner
- U.S. Naval Academy Fly Club
- Departed
- Lee Airport, MD
- Destination
- Modesto, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Freeway, runway 36, 2,150 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 12 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6214F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.