# NTSB SEA83LA099: Cessna 172, N738GN, Tenino, WA, May 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1983, 17:00 local (May 14, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Tenino, WA
- Coordinates: 46.840396, -122.849845 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8404&lon=-122.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39691/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER ARRIVING, THE PLT MADE SEVERAL APPROACHES TO THE RWY TO CHECK THE WIND CONDITIONS, BUT NOTICED NO WIND. HE REPORTED ESTABLISHING A FINAL APPROACH WITH AN AIRSPEED OF 57 KTS, USING FULL FLAPS. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED, AND REPORTEDLY, THE PLT SET IT DOWN WITH APRX 1000 FT OF RWY REMAINING. FULL BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE FLAPS WERE NOT RETRACTED. THE ACFT WOULD NOT STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. THERE WAS A POWER LINE AT THE END OF THE RWY, SO THE PLT ELECTED NOT TO GO AROUND. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND STRUCK A FENCE POST. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE EXPECTED LANDING ROLL WAS IN EXCESS OF 1250 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N738GN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172699667
- Airframe hours: 2872
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Davis Air Service, Incor.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 20, 1983, 52 hours before
- Departed: TDO, TOLEDO, WA
- Destination: 65WA, TENINO, WA
- Airport: 65WA, Wissler'S

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 54 total, 26 in this make and model, 33 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 55 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OLY, 8 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 19830513021199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513021199A), May 13, 1983: Cessna 172N, Tenino, WA, Substantial damage. Overshot runway through a fence and into a ditch. Landing roll for type was 1250 feet. Runway length 1300 feet.

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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