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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Port Townsend, WA · October 4, 2010

Date
October 4, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Port Townsend, WA
Airport
Jefferson County International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N14511
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total290 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 4, 2010, larry allen hurley, private pilot privacy data omitted, pilot in command of Cessna 172S N14511, after touch down on runway 27, at the Jefferson County International Airport, Port Townsend, WA. At approximately 700' from the approach end of runway 27, the pilot departed the runway, traveled approximately 300' through tall grass and vegitation, hit a small Douglas fir tree, cuasing the aircraft to rotate aroung the tree 110 degrees, the aircraft substainded substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 4, 2010, LARRY ALLEN HURLEY, PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA 172S N14511, AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 27, AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PORT TOWNSEND, WA. AT APPROXIMATELY 700' FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 27, THE PILOT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 300' THROUGH TALL GRASS AND VEGITATION, HIT A SMALL DOUGLAS FIR TREE, CUASING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE AROUNG THE TREE 110 DEGREES, THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINDED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.