# Accident 20030209002389A: Cessna 172S, Everett, WA, February 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2003, 15:40 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9142° N, 122.2844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9142&lon=-122.2844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N912LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030209002389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN IMC. ORIGINAL FLIGHT PLAN WAS TO DEPART BFI, FLY TO PAE FOR MULTIPLE APPROACHES, AND RETURN TO BFI. ENROUTE TO PAE VOR THEY ACCUMULATED LIGHT RIME ICE. AFTER CONDUCTING A VOR APPROACH TO PAE THEY EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH. ON CLIMB OUT, INSTRUCTOR NOTED A SLOW CLIMB RATE AND OBSERVED ICE FORMING ON THE AIRCRAFT. THEY ELECTED TO LAND AT PAE AND REQUESTED AN ILS APPROACH. DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, THEY REDUCED AIRSPEED AND THE LEFT WING STALLED 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THE NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE SOFT GRASS CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP OVER INTO AN INVERTED POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 SEA03LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA037), Feb 9, 2003: Cessna 172S (N912LB), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Contributing factors were the rime icing conditions, and the soft terrain encountered on…

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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