ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359206
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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1995 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Freeway Airport Inc. |
| Registration: | N66010 |
| MSN: | 17275947 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10000 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mitchellville, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AUTHORIZED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR TO OPERATE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 36, AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, INTO A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE WINDS WERE, 'BLOWING GREATER THAN FORECASTED, [FROM 270] AT 15 KNOTS, [GUSTS] TO 35 KNOTS.' THE PILOT WROTE ON HIS STATEMENT, '...ON ROLL OUT AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO WIND, LEFT RUNWAY, WENT INTO DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER.' RUNWAY 36 WAS 30 FEET WIDE AND 2400 FEET LONG.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the instructor's inadequate supervision. Related factors: high winds, and a crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC95LA081
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