- Date
- May 16, 1983, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wasco, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8540XCessna 172-I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516019749A
- Case key
- 39690
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
The acft went off the departure end of the runway during landing and groundlooped in a plowed field. The pilot landed in a 27 kt quartering tailwind. The acft rolled onto a freshly harrowed field. The nose wheel caught the dirt and veeredto the left and the acft tipped on its right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172-I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3014
- Airframe hours
- 2,205
- Engine
- Continental O-320-E2D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bradley, Joseph S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- 35S · Wasco, OR
- Airport
- 35S · Wasco State, runway 7, 2,700 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 271 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 27 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLS, 21 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.