20210303002699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172G · Sisters, OR · March 3, 2021

Date
March 3, 2021 · 17:43 local
Place
Sisters, OR
Airport
Sisters Eagle Air
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4456L
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR21LA122
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
134 total119 in this make and model26 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.

The pilot of privacy data omitted had planned a one hour personal flight with a friend. privacy data omitted Is a rental aircraft and had just came back from a flight. The pilot stated that they were in a hurry to get going on the flight. The pilot stated that she did a preflight and checked the fuel level. The pilot determined that there was enough fuel for her planned flight. The pilot did not refuel the aircraft. The flight was uneventful until landing back at the departure airport approximately one hour later. During the approach to landing the pilot states that she was a little fast on touchdown. The airplane bounced on the runway and she tried to land again. The airplane bounced a second time and the pilot did not believe that there was enough room to try and land a third time so the pilot executed a go-around. On climbout, the engine quit. The airplane hit a tree prior to striking the ground. The airplane came to rest in a field approximately 300 feet left of the runway centerline and approximately 400 feet from the departure end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PLANNED A ONE HOUR PERSONAL FLIGHT WITH A FRIEND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A RENTAL AIRCRAFT AND HAD JUST CAME BACK FROM A FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE IN A HURRY TO GET GOING ON THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE DID A PREFLIGHT AND CHECKED THE FUEL LEVEL. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL FOR HER PLANNED FLIGHT. THE PILOT DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL LANDING BACK AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER. DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT STATES THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE FAST ON TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND SHE TRIED TO LAND AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AND THE PILOT DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM TO TRY AND LAND A THIRD TIME SO THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. ON CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRPLANE HIT A TREE PRIOR TO STRIKING THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.