# NTSB SEA84LA089: Fornaire F-1, N7535C, Everett, WA, April 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1984, 13:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place: Everett, WA
- Coordinates: 47.579956, -121.880195 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5800&lon=-121.8802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39900/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA089

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED. THE PLT SAID HE THINKS HE HIT A DOWNDRAFT. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY INTO THE GRASS AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7535C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7535C), registered now, S/N 5650, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FORNAIRE F-1
- Registry model: [Forney F-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-f-1) (registry code 0420202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5650
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C90 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dawn L. Santo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1983, 114 hours before
- Departed: OS9, PROT TOWNSEND, WA
- Airport: PAE, Paine Field, runway 29, 4,948 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 682 total, 199 in this make and model, 557 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PAE

## 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 19840414046559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840414046559A), Apr 14, 1984: Univar F1, Everett, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to run off end of runway during landing. Pilots approach speed was higher than normal.

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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