- Date
- May 2, 1982, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lisabuella, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54569Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820502019419A
- Case key
- 71436
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Analysis
The pilot landed on a freshly mowed, grass runway. He reported that he had a left crosswind at 10 gusting 15 knots. The aircraft touched down at about 1/3 of the way down the runway. About 450 ft from the departure end, the brakes were applied. However, the aircraft slid into a tree at the end of the runway. The airport manager stated that the plane landed downwind and bounced and propoised down the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54569
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275002
- Airframe hours
- 520
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Competition Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Walter E Buehler
- Departed
- WA69 · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- 9FI · Lisabuella, WA
- Airport
- WA69 · Wax Orchard, runway 36, 2,200 × 0 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 20 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.