# Accident 20170312002079A: Cessna 172M, Hillsboro, OR, March 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2017, 14:50 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Twin Oaks Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4283° N, 122.9422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4283&lon=-122.9422&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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 10 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312002079A

## Narrative

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

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE APPROX. 600 FEET NORTH OF THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 500 FEET IN SOFT GROUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT STRUCK A VERY SOFT AREA IN THE SURFACE ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP SIDE. THE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WINGS, VERTICAL FIN, AND AFT FUSELAGE WERE SUBSTANTIALLY 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 GAA17CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA186), Mar 12, 2017: Cessna 172 (N5440H), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in quartering tailwind conditions.

## Other reports on N5440H (1)

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

- [Accident 20040529009009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529009009A), May 29, 2004: Cessna 172M (N5440H), Vernonia, OR, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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