- Date
- December 9, 1984, 16:30 local (Dec 10, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sultan, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4436RCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841209075769A
- Case key
- 40096
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
An overrun occurred on the 2,000 foot airstrip due to excess approach and landing speed. A light coating of snow was present on the grass runway and the pilot neglected to raise the flaps adding to a longer landing roll and making braking less effective. A 5 knot tailwind was also present. After touchdown, the plt was unable to abort the landing due to obstacles at the departure end of the runway. The acft rolled past the end of the runway and struck an embankment at a slow speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4436R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263181
- Airframe hours
- 3,139
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Greer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- WA64 · Sultan, WA
- Airport
- WA64 · Sky Harbor, runway 25, 2,000 × 140 ft, snow
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 297 total · 242 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.