# Accident 20080626857549A: Cessna 172M, Skykomish, WA, June 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Skykomish, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7111° N, 121.3389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7111&lon=-121.3389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94HJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94HJ) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMI 0-320
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080626857549A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC OF AIRCRAFT N-94HJ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT SKYKOMISH AIRPORT (S88) A 2000 FT GRASS STRIP.  WINDS WERE WEST TO EAST AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS.  PILOT OVERFLEW AIRPORT THEN CAME AROUND TO ATTEMPT A LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO FLOAT APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE STRIP.  THE PILOT REPORTED FLAPS AT 20 AND CARB HEAT ON HE GAVE FULL POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T SEEM TO RESPOND SO HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A FULL STOP LANDING.  HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY DOWN APPROXIMATELY 15 FT EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN ABOUT 30 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED AND WILL BE DISASSEMBLED FOR SHIPMENT TO REPAIR STATION.

## 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 LAX08CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA216), Jun 27, 2008: Cessna 172M (N94HJ), Skykomish, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and failure to execute a go-around when the airplane floated during the flare. Contributing to the accident was the short and wet turf runway…

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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