- Date
- April 5, 1983, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Snohomish, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52807Cessna 172 PII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830405014509A
- Case key
- 39674
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Analysis
The plt stated he misjudged the approach to land and landed on the last 1/3 of the runway. Brakes were applied during landing roll but the acft rolled off the end of the runway, struck a ditch with the nosewheel and came to rest inverted.
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
- N52807
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 PII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274611
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boeing Employees Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Lawrence E.Day
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
- Airport
- S43 · Harvey, runway 32, 2,660 × 38 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N52807 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.