# Incident 19791118044459I: Cessna 172, Sinclair Island, WA, November 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1979, 07:40 local time
- Place: Sinclair Island, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 48.6207° N, 122.6774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sinclair Island, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6207&lon=-122.6774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30608, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30608-1994-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,264 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791118044459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 200 FEET FROM APPROACH END ON VERY WET GRASS CAUSED OVERRUN AND THRU FENCE. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR

## Other reports on N30608 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940528013089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940528013089A), May 28, 1994: Cessna 172M (N30608), Look Out Pass, ID, Substantial damage. Flew into clouds trying to turn around low altitude in a Pass. Struck trees. Was advised VFR not recommended.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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