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Cessna 172P N99510

8 December 1997 · Mitchellville, Maryland, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 December 1997 at about 19:10 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N99510 was involved in an accident near Mitchellville, Maryland, United States. One person was 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.

The record

Date
at 19:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Mitchellville, Maryland, United States
Nearest airport
Freeway Airport (W00)
Coordinates
38.9507, -76.7301
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N99510
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC98LA040

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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