Cessna 172S N61WT

Summary

On 30 September 2006 at about 17:35 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N61WT, operated by Frederick Flight Center, was involved in an accident near Cambridge, 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

30 September 2006 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Cambridge, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Cambridge-Dorchester Airport (CGE)

Coordinates

38.5394, -76.0303

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N61WT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Frederick Flight Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Easton → Cambridge

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06CA232

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was flying a Cessna 172S, and landing on runway 16; a 4,476-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane started to drift to the right. The pilot corrected the airplane to the left, and added power. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway, struck a ditch, and came to rest in a grass area off the left side of the runway. The pilot reported a total flight experience of approximately 722 hours; of which, about 258 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane. The pilot further stated that according to the automated weather observation system (AWOS), the winds were from 190 degrees at 10 knots, variable. The reported wind at an airport 12 miles north of the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 170 degrees at 6 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.