# NTSB ANC25LA043: Cessna 177RG, N2155Q, Snohomish, WA, May 28, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 28, 2025, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Snohomish, WA · airport environment
- Coordinates: 47.9012, -122.10089 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9012&lon=-122.1009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200236/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200236
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA043

## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue the landing attempt with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Aircraft capability: braking capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 57 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Perception/orientation/illusion: situational awareness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 111 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md)
- [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: understanding/comprehension](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 70 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he flew a higher approach to avoid terrain and powerlines at the approach end of the runway. The airplane landed further down the runway than the pilot anticipated, and he determined the safest course of action was to continue the landing. The airplane overran the runway and collided with an airport perimeter fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2155Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2155Q), registered now, S/N 177RG0555, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG0555
- Year built: 1974
- Airframe hours: 3913
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 2024
- Departed: PWT, Bremerton, WA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: S43, Harvey Airfield, runway 15, 2,672 × 32 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 979 total, 132 in this make and model, 842 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: KPAE, 7 nm away
- METAR: KPAE 282053Z 22013G20KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02720083 57001

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250528008399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250528008399A), May 28, 2025: Cessna 177RG, Snohomish, WA, Substantial damage. On wed. May 28, 2025, mishap pilot flying a Cessna 177RG entered a 45 degree right downwind leg for landing at Harvey field (S43), runway 15L. On base leg,…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200236. 2.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18992326&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA043%206120%202-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photograph (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 624 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19014359&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA043%20Photo-Rel.pdf

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.

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