- Date
- August 3, 1983, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80076Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830803041389A
- Case key
- 39742
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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.
Analysis
During arrival, the plt elected to land on an uphill rwy with a tail wind. She stated that she was high on final & side slipped until reaching the correct altitude while using the VASI lights for a reference. As she approached the rwy, the wind blew the acft to the left of the centerline. An unsuccessful attempt was made to correct to the right. A decision was made to go-around before reaching midfield. The plt stated that due to the attitude of the acft, she did not see a clump of trees ahead. Subsequently, the acft struck the trees (to the left of the rwy) & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80076
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266352
- Airframe hours
- 4,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boeing Employees Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 26, 1983
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- S19 · Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport
- S19 · Friday Harbor, runway 33, 2,235 × 50 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
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 91 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- S19
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.