# Incident 19890820050429I: Cessna 172N, Port Orchard, WA, August 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1989, 19:00 local time
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Airport: Port Orchard Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4323° N, 122.6679° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ORCHARD (4WA9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4323&lon=-122.6679&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6190D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6190D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890820050429I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED DOWNDRAFT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. STABILIZER AND LEFT WHEEL STRUCK TREES. LANDED SAFELY. QUARTER DOWNWIND.

## Other reports on N6190D (1)

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

- [Accident 19800204003109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800204003109A), Feb 4, 1980: Cessna 172N (N6190D), Heber City, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft drifted off centerline on level off. Skidded into snowbank on icy runway.

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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