- Date
- January 30, 1982, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sinclair Island, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53294Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820130002309A
- Case key
- 72625
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airport was a privately owned strip approximately 1200 ft in length. About the last 25 percent of runway 33 was angled approximately 30 degrees to the right. Tth runway was considered unidirectional with landings normally made to the north/northwest and takeoffs made to the south/southeast. Trees up to 50 ft tall were located at the north end while the south end was essentially unobstructed with an overwater approach. The pilot was unable to stop on the wet, grass runway while landing with a 5 knot tailwind. The plane continued off the end of the runway, slid through a fence and stopped on a road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53294
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274717
- Airframe hours
- 221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- West Isle Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- West Isle Air, Inc.
- Departed
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Destination
- Sinclair Island, WA
- Airport
- 10 · Sinclair Island, runway 33, 1,200 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,227 total · 515 in this make and model · 1,088 as pilot in command · 172 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.