- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Spanaway, WA · SPANAWAY, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73524Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918026649A
- Case key
- 133358
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2456 79/9/18 SPANAWAY,WA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N73524 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPANAWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA SPANAWAY,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT STATED-NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE PREVENTED OPTIMUM BRAKING WHILE STILL AT HIGH SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73524
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spanaway
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.