# NTSB SEA84FYK01: Cessna 172N, N3278E, Creswell, OR, August 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 11, 1984, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Creswell, OR
- Coordinates: 43.900249, -123.019378 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9002&lon=-123.0194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39832
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FYK01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39832/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FYK01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE ONE GO-AROUND AND ON THE 2NDLANDING ATTEMPT HE LANDED HARD IN GUSTY WIND & BOUNCED. DURING THE 2ND GO-AROUND HE COLLIDED WITH WIRES & CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3278E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3278E-1993-08-12), registration cancelled 1993-08-12, S/N 17271489 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271489
- Airframe hours: 1474
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gladys Corderman, doing business as Creswell Flight Center
- Registered owner: Jerry D. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 20, 1984, 46 hours before
- Departed: S21, SUN RIVER, OR
- Destination: 77S, CRESWELL, OR
- Airport: 09, Hobby Field, runway 16, 2,100 × 19 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 160 total, 8 in this make and model, 99 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19840811039879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840811039879A), Aug 11, 1984: Cessna 172N, Creswell, OR, Destroyed. Aircraft struck wires and crashed during attempted go around after aborting landing.

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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