# NTSB NYC06CA232: Cessna 172S, N61WT, Cambridge, MD, September 30, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 30, 2006, 13:35 local (17:35 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: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64646/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA232

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

The pilot was flying a Cessna 172S, and landing on runway 16; a 4,476-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  After touchdown, the airplane started to drift to the right.  The pilot corrected the airplane to the left, and added power.  The airplane then departed the left side of the runway, struck a ditch, and came to rest in a grass area off the left side of the runway.  The pilot reported a total flight experience of approximately 722 hours; of which, about 258 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  The pilot further stated that according to the automated weather observation system (AWOS), the winds were from 190 degrees at 10 knots, variable.  The reported wind at an airport 12 miles north of the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 170 degrees at 6 knots.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was flying a Cessna 172S, and landing on runway 16; a 4,476-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  After touchdown, the airplane started to drift to the right.  The pilot corrected the airplane to the left, and added power.  The airplane then departed the left side of the runway, struck a ditch, and came to rest in a grass area off the left side of the runway.  The pilot reported a total flight experience of approximately 722 hours; of which, about 258 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  The pilot further stated that according to the automated weather observation system (AWOS), the winds were from 190 degrees at 10 knots, variable.  The reported wind at an airport 12 miles north of the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 170 degrees at 6 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61WT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61WT), registered now, S/N 172S9818, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9818
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Frederick Flight Center
- Registered owner: Sgibb Flight Equipment Llc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ESN, Easton, MD
- Destination: CGE, Cambridge, MD
- Airport: CGE, Cambridge-Dorchester Airport, runway 16, 4,476 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 722 total, 258 in this make and model, 435 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg
- Observed at: ESN, 12 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 20060930024259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060930024259A), Sep 30, 2006: Cessna 172S, Cambridge, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) During a landing on runway 16 at Cambridge airport (cge), Cambridge, MD the pilot lost control of aircraft and ran off the right hand side of the runway…

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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