# Accident 20210730012229A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Morton, WA, July 30, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2021, 11:35 local time
- Place: Morton, WA
- Airport: Strom Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5504° N, 122.2666° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5504&lon=-122.2666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60524, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210730012229A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:35 AM (PST), N60524, A CESSNA-162 SKYCATCHER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN MORTON, WASHINGTON.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT RECEIVED BY THE SEATTLE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES ON THE GROUND WERE REPORTED.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DURING THE DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL APPROACH, HE USUALLY MAKES RADIO CALLS AND PERFORM ?GUMPS? CHECK. HE INDICATED THAT HIS FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25, WAS HIGH AND WAS EXPERIENCING SOME UP-LIFT OFF OF THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE INITIATED A FORWARD SLIP TO LAND TO BLEED-OFF ALTITUDE. PILOT STATED THAT HE RECOVERED 75-100 FEET ABOVE THE AIRFIELD DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH AND WAS LINED UP ON CENTERLINE, AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS OVER THE FENCE AND LANDED WITHIN THE FIRST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY 25. PILOT OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NO STALL HORN ACTIVATION AT THIS POINT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING CAUSING THE PROPELLER STRIKE.  THE PILOT ALSO INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL IT BEING AN UNUSUALLY A HARD LANDING. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKE WAS QUITE SURPRISING, SUBSEQUENTLY, HE PULLED BACK ON THE STICK AT WHICH TIME THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE 4-5 FEET, AND THEN GENTLY SET THE PLANE DOWN TRYING TO KEEP THE NOSE OFF THE TARMAC AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. ALL THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE STAYED ON CENTERLINE WITHIN A FEW FEET AND THE STALL HORN WAS STARTING TO GO OFF.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80°F, WIND WAS AT 280° AT 6 KNOTS AND THE SKY WAS CLEAR. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT AIRCRAFT LANDING WEIGHT WAS ESTIMATED AT 1,169 LBS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF CENTERLINE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING. PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT DOWN ALL SYSTEMS IN THE AIRCRAFT AND QUICKLY EXITED.

## 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 WPR21LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA309), Jul 30, 2021: Cessna 162 (N60524), Morton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nosewheel collapse.

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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