- Date
- June 6, 2022, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Westminster, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29501Cessna 172
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/ FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220606023249A
- Case key
- 105207
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot’s loss of control during a go-around and the delayed remedial action initiated by the flight instructor, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with trees.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that during a dual training flight with a student pilot, they returned to their base airport and practiced two landings without incident. During the third landing, the student pilot applied too much elevator back pressure in the landing flare, and the instructor stated “power.” Subsequently, the student pilot applied full power to go-around, instead of a “slight amount of power” which was what the flight instructor expected. After the application of full power, the airplane drifted beyond the right side of the runway, was near the aerodynamic stall speed, and was approaching trees ahead. The flight instructor reported that she “eventually” was able to take the flight controls, where she reduced power to idle, lowered the nose of the airplane, and landed in a down sloping grass area beyond the end of the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane impacted trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. Neither pilot reported any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29501
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264117
- Built
- 1974
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 180 horsepower, 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 · October 14, 2021
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 2W2 · Clearview Airpark, runway 14, 1,840 × 30 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Handheld GPS
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 31
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 7, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,372 total · 1,265 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 4 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- DMW, 8 nm away
- METAR
- KDMW 062015Z AUTO 16010G17KT 10SM CLR 31/09 A3003 RMK AO2
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 1, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.