- Date
- March 12, 2017, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5440HCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170312002079A
- Case key
- 94862
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in quartering tailwind conditions.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the landing roll with a "light quartering tailwind," the airplane veered off the runway to the left into soft mud and nosed over. The vertical stabilizer and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The nearest automated weather observation station, located 7 nautical miles from the accident airport, about the time of the accident, recorded variable wind at 5 knots. The pilot reported that he landed on runway 2.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll with a "light quartering tailwind," the airplane veered off the runway to the left into soft mud and nosed over. The vertical stabilizer and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The nearest automated weather observation station 7 nautical miles from the accident airport, about the time of the accident, recorded variable wind at 5 knots. The pilot reported that he landed on runway 2.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5440H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265438
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 15,902
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Twin Oaks Airpark Inc
- Registered owner
- Twin Oaks Airpark Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 9, 2017
- Departed
- 7S3 · Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- 7S3 · Hillsboro, OR
- Airport
- 7S3 · Stark'S Twin Oaks Airpark, runway 2, 2,480 × 48 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 12, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 13 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 6.3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- KHIO, 7 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 738 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5440H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.