# NTSB NYC06CA088: Cessna 172-P, N54928, Cambridge, MD, April 6, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 6, 2006, 13:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place: Cambridge, MD
- Coordinates: 38.539443, -76.030281
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5394&lon=-76.0303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Baltimore, MD
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63453/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA088

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

According to the student pilot, during an attempted landing in a crosswind, the airplane began to drift to the right.  He corrected with application of left aileron and right rudder, however, the left main landing gear tire contacted the ground. The airplane became airborne again and "weathervaned" to the left.  The student pilot was unable to align the airplane with the runway, the airplane touched down a second time, veered left, departed the paved surface, and was substantially damaged.

## Factual narrative

According to the student pilot, during an attempted landing in a crosswind, the airplane began to drift to the right.  He corrected with application of left aileron and right rudder, however, the left main landing gear tire contacted the ground. The airplane became airborne again and "weathervaned" to the left.  The student pilot was unable to align the airplane with the runway, the airplane touched down a second time, veered left, departed the paved surface, and was substantially damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54928](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54928-2006-09-14), registration cancelled 2006-09-14, S/N 17275079, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172-P
- 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: 17275079
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Phoenix Aviation
- Registered owner: DM Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MTN, Baltimore, MD
- Destination: CGE, Cambridge, MD
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 28; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 24 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 13 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: NHK, 24 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 20060406011969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060406011969A), Apr 6, 2006: Cessna 172P, Cambridge, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) A student pilot was on his first solo cross country to cge, he landed on rwy 34. After making a hard landing, the aircraft ran off the runway. 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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