# Incident 20040125000519I: Cessna 172N, Stanwood, WA, January 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2004, 11:45 local time
- Place: Stanwood, WA
- Airport: Camano Island Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2569° N, 122.4362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMANO ISLAND AIRFIELD (13W), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2569&lon=-122.4362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738VJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738VJ) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 57 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040125000519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JOHN M. NEWHOFF, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE #273883, DEPARTED BOEING FIELD AT 10:15 AM ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO CAMINO IS. AIRFIELD IN A CESSNA 172, N738VJ. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 AM THE PILOT USED THE WHIDBEY IS ATIS FOR HIS WEATHER (WINDS 090/5) AND INITIATED HIS VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34. THE PILOT STATES THE WINDSOCK WAS LIMP TO HINT OF TAILWIND. MR. NEWHOFF USED 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS DURING THE APPROACH. TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 34 WAS 100FT BEYOND THE THRESHOLD AT 65 KIAS. MR. NEWHOFF TAPPED THE BRAKES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LANDING ROLL AND USED FULL BRAKES AT THE END. THE RUNWAY WAS WET, HAD MOSS ON THE DEPARTURE END, AND SLOPED DOWNHILL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP WITHIN THE 1750FT LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. HE TURNED 90 DEGREES LEFT INTO A SMALL RUNUP AREA. THE RIGHT GEAR DEPARTED THE HARD SURFACE FIRST AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A RIGHT TURN PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN TAIL UP IN THE MUD AND BRUSH. ONLY THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NO KNOWN AIRCRAFT MALFUNCTIONS.

## Other reports on N738VJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20180901012719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180901012719I), Sep 1, 2018: Cessna 172N (N738VJ), Black Rock City, NV, Minor damage. The aircraft begin to porpoise on takeoff causing a loss of control. After several bounces, the pilot reduced the engine power; however, the aircraft continued…

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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