- Date
- May 21, 1985, 07:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6529LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11180
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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 plt prefldd the acft iaw a checklist and did not note any abnormalities. Following a normal tkof the plt remained in the traffic pattern, experiencing no complications until touchdown. The winds recorded at bwi were out of 220 degrees at 8 knots. The plt lndd to the left of the centerline of rwy 32, touching down on the main gear first, followed immediately by the nosewheel contacting the rwy. After the nosewheel touched down the acft veered to the left and continued off the side of the rwy and nosed our in muddy grass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6529L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284427
- Airframe hours
- 1,871
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-12C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Inn Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 19, 1985 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport
- GAI · Montgomery County Airpark, runway 32, 4,200 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 23 nm away