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NYC05CA146

2005-09-23 · Mitchellville, Maryland, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport W00

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual narrative

On September 23, 2005, at 1150 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N99137, was substantially damaged during landing at the Freeway Airport (W00), Mitchellville, Maryland. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual meteorological flight rules flight plan was filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot, while practicing touch and go landings on runway 36, the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and then impacted two parked aircraft. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. He also reported 181 hours of total flight experience, all of which were in make and model of the accident airplane. While practicing touch and go landings on runway 36, the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and then impacted two parked aircraft. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. He also reported 181 hours of total flight experience, all of which were in make and model of the accident airplane. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2005_NYC05CA146.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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