# Accident 20190827014759A: Cessna 172, Mckenzie Bridge, OR, August 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2019, 18:45 local time
- Place: Mckenzie Bridge, OR
- Airport: Mckenzie Bridge State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1825° N, 122.0783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1825&lon=-122.0783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4108F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4108F-2021-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 83 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827014759A

## Narrative

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

PIC MADE LOW, SLOW PASS FROM WEST TO EAST (UPHILL INTO 1-4 KNOT WIND) AT MCKENZIE BRIDGE STATE AIRPORT (00S). EYEWITNESS REPORTS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING DOWN THE RUNWAY AND WAS 5-10 FEET HIGH AT A SLOW SPEED AND APPEARED TO BE UNCOORDINATED. EYEWITNESS DESCRIBED THE AIRCRAFT ?WIGGLING IT?S WINGS? [WING TIPS UP AND DOWN] PRIOR TO TRAVELING OUT OF SIGHT. LEFT WING IMPACTED THE TOP THREE FEET OF A FIR TREE AND THE TOP THIRD OF ANOTHER TREE BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND UPSIDE DOWN. AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT THE COCKPIT/CABIN, INBOARD HALVES OF BOTH WINGS, COWLING, FIREWALL AND BAGGAGE AREAS. PASSENGER APPEARED TO BE SITTING IN REAR SEAT AS NO AVAILABLE FRONT SEAT WAS FOUND IN WRECKAGE. PIC PILOT LOG AND CERTIFICATE FOUND AT SCENE.

## 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 WPR19FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA244), Aug 28, 2019: Cessna 172 (N4108F), McKenzie Bridge, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed climb and misjudgment of the airplane’s performance and the runway distance needed to clear obstacles at the end of the runway, which resulted in a collision with trees and…

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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