# Accident 20210503008019A: Cessna 175B, Royal City, WA, May 3, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Royal City, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9266° N, 119.8617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9266&lon=-119.8617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8209T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8209T-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 188 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210503008019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH A TAILWIND. ON ROLLOUT, PILOT ATTEMPTED A 180 DEGREE TURN, STRUCK A CONCRETE BLOCK AND FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE ON ITS BACK.

## 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 WPR21LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA182), May 3, 2021: Cessna 175B (N8209T), Royal City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a landing with a tailwind which resulted in excessive ground speed, runway over run and subsequent nose over.

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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