Cessna R172E N7889N

Summary

On 26 March 2015 at about 20:40 local time, a Cessna R172E registered N7889N, operated by United States Air Force Owner, was involved in an accident near Fort Meade, 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

26 March 2015 at 20:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Meade, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Tipton (KFME)

Coordinates

39.0856, -76.7653

Aircraft

Cessna R172E

Registration

N7889N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

United States Air Force Owner

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Meade → Fort Meade

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA030

Nobody was injured.

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.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.