ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200923
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 2015 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna R172E |
| Owner/operator: | Fort Meade Flying Activity |
| Registration: | N7889N |
| MSN: | R172-0280 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19375 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Meade, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fort Meade, MD (KFME) |
| Fort Meade, MD (KFME) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor, while giving instruction, stated he landed the tricycle landing gear equipped airplane at midfield in wind conditions that were reported from the SSW gusting to 23knots. Following a runway excursion on to soft terrain, the pilot said the airplane had come to a stop, undamaged, when "the nose wheel sank and the right wingtip contacted the dirt."
Witnesses reported that the airplane touched down midfield, braked hard, and did not come to a complete stop prior to the airplanes right wing striking the ground.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or anomalies prior to flight that would have prevented normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's decision to land the airplane without sufficient runway to stop, resulting in a runway excursion and substantial damage to the right wing of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 08:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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