# Accident 20250526008619A: Cessna 172N, Monroe, WA, May 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2025, 16:20 local time
- Place: Monroe, WA
- Airport: First Air Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: MOMS
- Location: 47.8714° N, 121.9952° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8714&lon=-121.9952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6132G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6132G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,434 total, 433 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250526008619A

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025, DURING LANDING AT MONROE AIRPORT (W16),^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 172N, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SHORT FIELD LANDING TECHNIQUES AND THIS MISHAP WAS THE SECOND LANDING.  DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND STARTED DRIFTING TO THE LEFT.  AS THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CORRECTIONS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REACHED THE GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AT THE SAME ANGLE.  IN A FEW SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP IN THE DITCH TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED TO THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  LANDINGS WERE ON RUNWAY 7 WITH A CROSSWIND OF ABOUT 5-8 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

METAR FOR KPAE: KPAE 262153Z 360/9KT 10SM 5500OVC 18/8 A3015

## 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 WPR25LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA162), May 26, 2025: Cessna 172N (N6132G), Monroe, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in impact with a ditch.

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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