# Accident 19970611013729A: Cessna 172C, Fall City, WA, June 11, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Airport: Campbell Airstrip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5798° N, 121.8794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5798&lon=-121.8794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1319Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1319Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 841 total, 75 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970611013729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, CAUGHT NOSE GEAR AND FLIPPED OVER.    (.4) ON JUNE 10, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 2100 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172C, N1319Y, NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT FALL CITY AIRPORT, FALL CITY, WASHINGTON. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE LOCAL 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH HAD  BEEN IN THE AIR FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, AND THE ELT, WHICH WAS ACTIVATED BY THE FORCE OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS TURNED OFF AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE FLAT GRASS "OVERRUN" AREA AT THE APPROACH END OF THE 1,600 FOOT PAVED AIRSTRIP. HE SAID THAT HE HAD DONE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH NO PROBLEMS, BUT THAT THIS TIME THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A RUT CREATED BY THE TRACTOR THAT MOWED THE GRASS IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN DURING THE WEEK PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT, THE RUT HAD COLLECTED WATER AND CONTAINED DEEP MUD AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.                                   AS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR PASSED THROUGH THE SOFT MUD, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED FURTHER TO THE LEFT INTO AN AREA OF WATER-SOAKED TERRAIN. UPON ENTERING THE SOFT TERRAIN, THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT SANK INTO THE MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA97LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA134), Jun 11, 1997: Cessna 172C (N1319Y), Fall City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. The soft, wet terrain was a related factor.

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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