# Accident 20140205001259A: Cessna 172K, Eastsound, WA, February 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2014, 08:20 local time
- Place: Eastsound, WA
- Airport: Orcas Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7083° N, 122.9106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORCAS ISLAND (ORS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7083&lon=-122.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78330, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78330) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 475 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140205001259A

## Narrative

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

AWOS AT KORS SAID WIND WAS 10MPH GUSTING 19MPH VARYING BETWEEN 340 AND

060 RUNWAY 34 ACTIVE. ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME IN FRONT WAS

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 180#S PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 200#. IN THE BACK SEAT

WAS PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 130#S. THEIR WAS 2HRS OF FUEL IN THE

TANKS.

AT ABOUT 20 TO 30FT ABOVE THE OVERRUN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT WIND SHEAR THAT DROPPED THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE

RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO SLAP THE NOSE WHEEL AGAINST THE GROUND AND BOUNCE

THE PLANE BACK IN THE AIR ABOUT 5 OR 6FT AND LEAVE THE NOSE WHEEL AND

STRUT BEHIND. THE PLANE THEN GENTLY SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND

APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30FT LATER AND SETTLED THE NOSE TO THE GROUND, SLID

TO A STOP IN ABOUT ANOTHER 20YARDS WITH THE NOSE IN THE GRASS JUST OFF

THE PAVEMENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N78330 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820430021469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820430021469I), Apr 30, 1982: Cessna 172K (N78330), Bonners Ferry, ID, Minor damage. Pilot elected to handprop the engine without any help. Aircraft taxied out of control into an aviation gas pump.

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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