# Accident 20041206032099A: Cessna 140, Spanaway, WA, December 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2004, 15:50 local time
- Place: Spanaway, WA
- Airport: Spanaway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0869° N, 122.4314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0869&lon=-122.4314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3571V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3571V-2008-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041206032099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 6, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 1550 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 140 AIRPLANE, N3571V, STRUCK A FENCE DURING LANDING AT SPANAWAY AIRPORT (S44), SPANAWAY, WASHINGTON. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FROM PIERCE COUNTY AIRPORT (1S0), PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON, ABOUT 1530 WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF SPANAWAY. DURING FINAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16, THE AIRPLANE HIT THE CHAIN LENGTH FENCE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA05LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA026), Dec 6, 2004: Cessna 140 (N3571V), Spanaway, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude during final approach to land which resulted in an undershoot and in flight collision with a fence. A factor was the pilot's alcohol impairment.

## Other reports on N3571V (1)

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

- [Accident 19930131001289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930131001289A), Jan 31, 1993: Cessna 140 (N3571V), Angus, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of tailwheel Landing in a crosswind. Veered into snowbank and nosed over.

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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