# NTSB SEA83LA098: Cessna 172-I, N8540X, Wasco, OR, May 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1983, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Wasco, OR
- Coordinates: 45.58908, -120.63076 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5891&lon=-120.6308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39690/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA098

## 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)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172-I
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3014
- Airframe hours: 2205
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830516019749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830516019749A), May 16, 1983: Cessna P172D, Wasco, OR, Substantial damage. Failed to check weather at destination. Landed downwind and ran off departure end of runway.

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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