# NTSB SEA04CA141: Cessna 172D, N2527Y, Morton, WA, July 24, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 23, 2004, 18:45 local (Jul 24, 2004, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Morton, WA
- Coordinates: 46.550277, -122.266387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5503&lon=-122.2664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA04CA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA141

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of altitude on final approach which resulted in an improper touchdown point and subsequent runway overrun.  A factor was sunglare.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

The pilot reported that on approach to the 1,800-foot-long runway 25, she determined she was high and completed a slip to lose altitude.  She had "full sun in the face" and had difficulty seeing the runway.  After touchdown, the pilot discovered that she had "only a few hundred feet" of runway remaining.  Although she applied full brakes, the airplane went off the end of the asphalt into a grass overrun.  The left brake "locked up" and the airplane veered to the right and impacted a barbed wire fence.  The nose landing gear collapsed, and the cowling, propeller, and right wing were damaged.

## Factual narrative

On July 23, 2004, at 1845 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172D, N2527Y sustained substantial damage when it overran the runway and struck a fence during landing at Strom Field Airport in Morton, Washington.  The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.  The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal cross country flight that departed Everett, Washington at 1800.

According to the pilot's written statement, while on final approach to the 1,800-foot-long runway 25, she determined that she was high and completed a slip to lose altitude.  She had "full sun in the face" and had difficulty seeing the runway.  After touchdown, the pilot discovered that she had "only a few hundred feet" of runway remaining.  Although she applied full brakes, the airplane went off the end of the asphalt into a grass overrun.  The left brake "locked up" and the airplane veered to the left and impacted a barbed wire fence.  The nose landing gear collapsed, and the cowling, propeller, and right wing were damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2527Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2527Y), registered now, S/N 17249827, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172D
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17249827
- Engines: Continental O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Brenda I. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PAE, Everett, WA
- Destination: 39P, Morton, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 119 total, 119 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 20040723014979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040723014979A), Jul 23, 2004: Cessna 172D, Morton, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landed Morton airport and went off end of runway into brush.

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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