# Incident 20010817022509I: Cessna 172M, Copalis, WA, August 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Copalis, WA
- Airport: Copalis State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1449° N, 124.1893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COPALIS STATE (S16), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1449&lon=-124.1893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80342, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80342) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 400 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010817022509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AND DURING ROLL OUT MR. SCOTT FAILED TO FOLLOW THE SHORE LINE AND KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DARKER PORTION OF THE SAND RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF SOFT SAND AND DECELERATED RAPIDLY CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE SAND. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N80342 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070222008099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070222008099I), Feb 22, 2007: Cessna 172M (N80342), Hoquiam, WA, Minor damage. (-23) On a go-around from a night crosswind landing attempt the aircraft hit a runway edge light damaging one propeller.

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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