# NTSB SEA82DA023: Cessna 172P, N53294, Sinclair Island, WA, January 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 30, 1982, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Sinclair Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.460586, -122.599372 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4606&lon=-122.5994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53294-2019-11-08), registration cancelled 2019-11-08, S/N 17274717, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (registry code 41575, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274717
- Airframe hours: 221
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820130002309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820130002309A), Jan 30, 1982: Cessna 172P, Sinclair Island, WA, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on 1200 foot wet grass strip. Ran off end into a fence.

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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