# NTSB ERA22LA203: Cessna 172, N35571, Westminster, MD, April 22, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 22, 2022, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Westminster, MD - Coordinates: 39.468829, -77.02076 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4688&lon=-77.0208&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - NTSB case key (mKey): 104999 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA203 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104999/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104999 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA203 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point which resulted in a runway overrun. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172I, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072426), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172I, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072426), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172I, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072426), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172I, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072426), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172I, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072426), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he was conducting a local solo instructional flight and landing in calm wind conditions. During his first approach the airplane was “too high and fast,” and he performed a go-around. During his second approach the airplane was “a little high and fast;” however, he elected to continue the landing. The student pilot could not recall the point on the runway where the airplane touched down but knew it was “past the go-around point.” The pilot stated that the airplane carried too much speed to stop on the remaining runway. The airplane overran the departure end, continued down an embankment, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The airplane’s vertical stabilizer was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N35571](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35571-2023-10-07), registration cancelled 2023-10-07, S/N 17256842, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (L) - Registry model: [Cessna 172I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (registry code 2072426) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17256842 - Year built: 1968 - Airframe hours: 3732.78 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Clearview Flying Club Inc - Registered owner: Clearview Flying Club Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 24, 2022 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 2W2, Clearview Airpark, runway 32, 1,840 × 30 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 60 total, 55 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.38 inHg - Observed at: KDMW, 8 nm away - METAR: KDMW 222155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/02 A3038 RMK AO2 ## 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 20220422005709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220422005709A), Apr 22, 2022: Cessna 172I, Westminster, MD, Substantial damage. The pilot was a student pilot on solo flight in the pattern. He stated that he thought he would land within the first 1/3 of the runway with suffencient room… ## Other investigations on N35571 (3) 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 ERA12LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA148), Jan 19, 2012: Cessna 172I (N35571), Springfield, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not apply carburetor heat during approach to landing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. - [NTSB CEN09CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA139), Jan 19, 2009: Cessna 172I (N35571), Rockford, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll after contacting a low-lying snow bank that was obscured by drifting snow. - [NTSB CHI76FEE51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEE51), Apr 11, 1976: Cessna 172I (N35571), Ransom, IL, substantial damage ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104999. 2.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 memo for record (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 109 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14149629&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20Walter%20Tegeler%20-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14149723&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 118 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14150002&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Record%20of%20Convo%20w%20Justin%20Buchanan%204%2025%202022%20v02_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 369 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14150012&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.