Aircraft Incident/Accident Report
Freerick Municipal Airport

Frederick, Maryland 21701
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:00 PM EDT

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NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
During a Phase III inspection of the airplane, the Director of Maintenance for the operator noticed that the airplane's firewall was damaged. The damage was reported to the nearest Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards District Office, and verified by the FAA. The damage occurred between the Phase II and Phase III inspection. The airplane had flown 48.2 hours since the Phase II inspection. According to the FAA, the damage was a result of a hard landing. The purpose of the flight and composition of the flight crew was not determined. In addition, the date, actual location, and time of the accident were not determined.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Undetermined.
Event Information
Type of EventAccident 
Event Date8/25/2010 
Event Day of the WeekWednesday 
Time of Event1200 
Event Time ZoneEastern Daylight Time 
Event CityFrederick 
Event StateMARYLAND 
Event Country-- 
Zipcode of the event site21701 
Event Date Year2010 
Event Date Month
MidAir Collision IndicatorNo 
On Ground Collision occurred ?No 
Event Location Latitude392503N 
Event Location Longitude0772227W 
Event Location AirportFreerick Municipal Airport 
Event Location Nearest Airport IDFDK 
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airportOn Airport 
Distance from airport in statute miles-- 
Degrees magnetic from airport-- 
Airport Elevation303 
Weather Briefing Completeness-- 
Investigator's weather sourceUnknown 
Time of the weather observation 
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees)-- 
Weather Observation Facility ID-- 
Elevation of weather observation facility-- 
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?)-- 
Time Zone of the weather observation-- 
Lighting ConditionsNot Reported 
Lowest Ceiling Height-- 
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height-- 
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions-- 
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling-- 
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet)-- 
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles)-- 
Visibility (Statute Miles) -- 
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius)-- 
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit)-- 
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic)-- 
Variable Wind Indicator-- 
Wind Speed (knots)-- 
Wind Velocity Indicator -- 
Wind Gust Indicator-- 
Wind Gust (knots) -- 
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) -- 
Density Altitude (feet)-- 
Intensity of Precipitation-- 
METAR weather report -- 
Event Highest Injury-- 
On Ground, Fatal Injuries-- 
On Ground, Minor Injuries-- 
On Ground, Serious Injuries-- 
Injury Total Fatal-- 
Injury Total Minor-- 
Injury Total None-- 
Injury Total Serious-- 
Injury Total All-- 
Investigating AgencyNTSB 
NTSB Docket Number (internal use)27556 
NTSB Notification SourceFAA Baltimore FSDO  
NTSB Notification Date-- 
NTSB Notification Time-- 
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information-- 
Date of most recent change to recordDec 20 2010 6:29PM 
User who most recently changed recordkelz 
Basic weather conditionsVisual Meteorological Cond 
FAA District Office-- 
Aircraft Involved
Aircraft #1
Aircraft Registration NumberN387AF 
NTSB NumberERA10CA468 
Missing Aircraft Indicator-- 
Federal Aviation Reg. PartPart 91: General Aviation 
Type of Flight Plan filedUnknown 
Flight plan Was Activated?No 
DamageSubstantial 
Aircraft FireNone 
Aircraft ExplosionNone 
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full NameCESSNA 
Aircraft Model172S 
Aircraft Series Identifier-- 
Aircraft Serial Number172S10387 
Certified Max Gross Weight-- 
Aircraft CategoryAirplane 
Aircraft Registration Class-- 
Aircraft is a homebuilt?No 
Flight Crew Seats
Cabin Crew Seats-- 
Passenger Seats
Total number of seats on the aircraft
Number of Engines
Fixed gear or retractable gearFixed 
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection-- 
Date of Last Inspection-- 
Airframe hours since last inspection-- 
Airframe Hours-- 
ELT InstalledUnknown 
ELT ActivatedUnknown 
ELT Aided Location of Event SiteUnknown 
ELT Type-- 
Aircraft Owner NameKAUFMAN AIR INC 
Aircraft Owner Street Address10121 WOODSBORO RD 
Aircraft Owner CityWOODSBORO 
Aircraft Owner StateMD 
Aircraft Owner CountryUSA  
Aircraft Owner Zipcode21798-7807 
Operator is an individual?No 
Operator NameFrederick Flight Center 
Operator Same as Owner?No 
Operator Is Doing Business As-- 
Operator Address Same as Owner?No 
Operator Street Address330 Aviation 
Operator CityFrederick 
Operator StateMD 
Operator CountryUSA  
Operator Zip code21701 
Operator Code-- 
Owner has at least one certificateNone 
Other Operator of large aircraft?No 
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation-- 
Operator Certificate Number-- 
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not-- 
Indicates Domestic or International Flight-- 
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail-- 
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary)Unknown 
Second Pilot on BoardNo 
Departure Point Same as EventNo 
Departure Airport Code-- 
Departure CityUnknown 
Departure StateMD 
Departure CountryUSA 
Departure Time-- 
Departure Time Zone-- 
Destination Same as Local Fltdest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere 
Destination Airport Code-- 
Destination CityUnknown 
Destination StateMD 
Destination CountryUSA 
Specific Phase of Flight-- 
Report sent to ICAO?-- 
Evacuation occurred-- 
Date of most recent change to recordSep 7 2010 1:24PM 
User who most recently changed recordsmic 
Since inspection or accident-- 
Event Location Runway Number and Location05 
Runway Length5220 
Runway Width100 
Sight Seeing flightNo 
Air Medical FlightNo 
Medical Flight--