- Date
- December 8, 1997, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99510Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19971208038519A
- Case key
- 39511
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot reported that the airplane bounced multiple times after touchdown, and then departed the runway on the left side. The airplane went down an embankment, and struck a parked airplane. The student pilot reported that he panicked after the airplane bounced. He had a total time of 47 hours with 3 hours solo.
Factual narrative
On December 8, 1997, about 1410 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N99510, was substantially damaged while landing at Freeway Airport, Mitchellville, Maryland. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local solo training flight which originated from Freeway Airport. No flight plan had been filed for the flight which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, the pilot stated:
"...Flew perfect glide path to final landed in slight crab on centerline bounced once then twice then added power for 1/2 sec in short burst and pushed nose slight down. Then started to go off left side at runway and panicked adding full right aileron and no rudder. Continued down 3 foot sloped embankment and then left wing on airplane hit a prop of another parked airplane then stopped."
An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that witnesses stated the winds were calm.
The student pilot reported his total flight time as 47 hours with 3 hours solo.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99510
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276475
- Airframe hours
- 10,874
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freeway Airport Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1997 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- W00
- Airport
- W00 · Freeway Airport, runway 36, 2,425 × 30 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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 47 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.