# NTSB BFO85LA047: Cessna 152, N6529L, Gaithersburg, MD, May 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1985, 07:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Coordinates: 39.139286, -77.210754 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1393&lon=-77.2108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11180
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11180/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA047

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6529L-2024-09-25), registration cancelled 2024-09-25, S/N 15284427, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284427
- Airframe hours: 1871
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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

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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