- Date
- September 11, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5258ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840911047969A
- Case key
- 35764
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Due to a left drifting tendency the solo student plt aborted the first landing. On touchdown for the second apch, the acft again veered left and continued off of the rwy colliding with a ditch. There were no mechanical malfunctons reported or discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5258E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271801
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert S. Meem Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 1984
- Airport
- GA1 · Montgomery, runway 32, 4,235 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.