# NTSB SEA82DA062: Cessna 172N, N54569, Lisabuella, WA, May 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1982, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: Lisabuella, WA
- Coordinates: 47.419952, -122.4496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4200&lon=-122.4496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA062

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54569](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54569), registered now, S/N 17275002, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275002
- Airframe hours: 520
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820502019419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502019419A), May 2, 1982: Cessna 172N, Lisabeula, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced and propoised all the way down wet sod runway. Slid into tree at end. Light crosswind, downwind.

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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