# Accident 19970402004119A: Cessna 172L, Manzanita, OR, April 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1997, 16:15 local time
- Place: Manzanita, OR
- Airport: Nehalem Bay State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6981° N, 123.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEHALEM BAY STATE (3S7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6981&lon=-123.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGICR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 104 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970402004119A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY CROSSWIND LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND. LOST CONTROL. STRUCK TREES ALONG RUNWAY. (.4) THE CANADIAN PRIVATE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33 AT THE NEHALEM BAY AIRPORT ALONG THE OREGON COAST WHEN THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND.  DURING THE GO-AROUND ATTEMPT, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT, PASSENGER, AND A GROUND EYEWITNESS DID NOT REPORT ANY PERCEIVED PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT PRIOR TO THE LANDING ATTEMPT AND ASCERTAINED THE WIND CONDITIONS.  HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT PERCEIVE ANY GUSTY CROSSWINDS OR TURBULENCE UNTIL THE FINAL APPROACH.  THE WIND CONDITIONS AT A COASTAL AIRPORT LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED 14 KNOT WINDS OUT OF 270 DEGREES MAGNETIC.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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