# Accident 20200907013789A: Cessna 172M, Stuart Island, WA, September 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Stuart Island, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6844° N, 123.2097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6844&lon=-123.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172CS-2021-11-06) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 534 total, 205 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200907013789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT IT WAS A SHORT FIELD APPROACH TO GRASS STRIP. HE HAD A GREAT APPROACH, BUT LATER DISCOVERED HE HAD A TAILWIND. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND HE ?BOTCHED THE RECOVERY.? IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RUDDER AND AFT FUSELAGE.

## 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 WPR20CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA300), Sep 7, 2020: Cessna 172 (N172CS), Stuart Island, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper approach airspeed and landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose over.

## Other reports on N172CS (1)

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

- [Incident 20150825013699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150825013699I), Aug 25, 2015: Cessna 172M (N172CS), Wenatchee, WA, Minor damage. Airman was attempting to taxi into a parking spot, making a right turn, looking to the right, and inadvertently struck a building with the left wing tip of 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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