| Crash location | 39.325556°N, 76.413611°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Baltimore, MD
39.290385°N, 76.612189°W 10.9 miles away |
| Tail number | N65659 |
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| Accident date | 04 Sep 2006 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172P |
| Additional details: | None |
According to the student pilot of a Cessna 172P, during the landing flare, the airplane "ballooned up a little," and then had a "hard landing." He stated that he performed four more landings, and then taxied the airplane to the hangar without further incident. The pilot further stated that no damage was evident during the postflight examination of the airplane. A subsequent examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed a misaligned nose gear assembly, a buckled firewall, buckled fuselage flooring, and a buckled left wing outboard of the wing spar.
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.