Cessna 177RG N35082

Summary

On 19 May 1996 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N35082, operated by Ronald A. Silkworth, was involved in an accident near Westminster, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 May 1996 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Westminster, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Carroll County Regional (W54)

Coordinates

39.5697, -77.0000

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N35082

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ronald A. Silkworth

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Baltimore

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD96LA093

Nobody was injured.

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. A factor in this accident was the CFI-rated pilot/passenger's inattention.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he had just taken off to the north to practice landings on the 5000-foot long and 100-foot wide runway. The traffic pattern was normal with a normal landing. As the airplane was rolling on the runway, he applied power for a touch-and-go. The airplane veered left causing the right wing to raise. The pilot stated that in order to stabilize the airplane, it was necessary to roll off the runway onto the grass. The pilot wrote that 'once on the grass, running parallel to the runway, control of steering and braking was diminished and insufficient to avoid the taxi-way marker (2000 feet remaining runway marker) which was struck by the left side of the stabilator, causing the damage. The certificated flight instructor passenger commented that he was looking out his window and not paying attention. The winds in the local area were recorded from the west southwest at approximately 10 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.