# NTSB SEA84LA167: Cessna 172N, N8078E, Roache Harbor, WA, July 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1984, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Roache Harbor, WA
- Coordinates: 48.530731, -123.060012 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5307&lon=-123.0600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39967/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA167

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED AND DRIFTED DURING A LANDING IN A GUSTY X-WIND. THE PLT TRIED APPLYING POWER AND REDUCING FLAPS BUT ENDED UP OFF THE RWY IN A DITCH AND FENCE. HIS TOTAL TIME IN THIS MODEL ACFT WAS 3 HOURS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8078E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12772134
- Airframe hours: 1230
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Snohomish Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 8, 1983, 30 hours before
- Departed: S43, SNOHOMISH, WA
- Destination: 9S1, ROACHE HARBOR, WA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 9S1, Roche Harbor, runway 27, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 66 total, 3 in this make and model, 27 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19840707073219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840707073219A), Jul 7, 1984: Cessna 172N, Roche Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced and drifted off runway. Power applied, bounced, veered finally striking ditch and fence.

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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