# NTSB SEA68D0083: Cessna 172, N4618L, Vashon Is., WA, July 29, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1967
- Place: Vashon Is., WA · VASHON IS., WA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115357
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3236  67/7/29    VASHON IS.,WASH     CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 413
        TIME - 1915                    N4618L              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 401 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VASHON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4618L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4618L), registered now, S/N 17254613 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vashon

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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