# NTSB NYC05CA146: Cessna 172P, N99137, Mitchellville, MD, September 23, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 23, 2005, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Coordinates: 38.946388, -76.775833
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9464&lon=-76.7758&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Baltimore FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA146

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

While practicing touch and go landings on runway 36, the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and then impacted two parked aircraft.  The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.  He also reported 181 hours of total flight experience, all of which were in make and model of the accident airplane.

## Factual narrative

On September 23, 2005, at 1150 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N99137, was substantially damaged during landing at the Freeway Airport (W00), Mitchellville, Maryland.  The certificated private pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual meteorological flight rules flight plan was filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to the pilot, while practicing touch and go landings on runway 36, the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and then impacted two parked aircraft.

The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.  He also reported 181 hours of total flight experience, all of which were in make and model of the accident airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N99137](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99137-2018-01-16), registration cancelled 2018-01-16, S/N 17276408, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276408
- Airframe hours: 11194
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Freeway Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: W00
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: W00, Freeway Airport, runway 36, 2,425 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 181 total, 181 in this make and model, 36 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.64 inHg
- Observed at: FME, 9 nm away

## 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 20050923024929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923024929A), Sep 23, 2005: Cessna 172P, Mitchellville, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) A Cessna 172P landing on runway 36 at Freeway Airport (W00) lost control while attempting a crosswind landing. The aircraft departed the runway on the…

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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