# NTSB ATL83FIG01: Cessna 172N, N6214F, Mitchellville, MD, October 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1982, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Location: 38.9369° N, 76.8083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mitchellville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9369&lon=-76.8083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FIG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FIG01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - lowering of flaps - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6214F-2001-05-18), registration cancelled 2001-05-18, S/N 17273168 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273168
- Airframe hours: 444
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821015053389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015053389A), Oct 15, 1982: Cessna 172N, Mitchellville, MD, Substantial damage. Too high and fast, landed halfway down runway. Unable to stop, ran of end thru fence onto a highway and stopped.

## Other investigations on N6214F (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 NYC99FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA015), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 172N (N6214F), Linden, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines. A factor was sunglare.

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.

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