# Accident 20040529009009A: Cessna 172M, Vernonia, OR, May 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2004, 10:05 local time
- Place: Vernonia, OR
- Airport: Vernonia Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8525° N, 123.2389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8525&lon=-123.2389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5440H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5440H-2017-09-27) (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: 5,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529009009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05-29-04, N5440H A CESSNA CE-172 LANDED FAST ON RWY 260 AT VERNONIA, OR (05S) AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE WET GRASS STRIP. DUE TO THE WET GRASS THE PILOT HAD NO BRAKING ACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF LEFT SIDE OF THE GRASS STRIP AND HIT A FENCE POST. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED CFI AND HAD A CURRENT MEDICAL. THE PILOT WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT. THE PILOT NOR THE STUDENT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN WING STRUT AND THE LEFT GEAR WAS FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE FUSELAGE. NO OTHER PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 SEA04LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA096), May 29, 2004: Cessna 172M (N5440H), Vernonia, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance and his failure to execute a go-around resulting in an overrun of the runway.

## Other reports on N5440H (1)

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

- [Accident 20170312002079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312002079A), Mar 12, 2017: Cessna 172M (N5440H), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. Immediately following touch down the aircraft veered left departing the runway surface approx. 600 feet north of the threshold. The aircraft continued for…

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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