- Date
- March 8, 1985, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stanwood, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30377Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850308006459A
- Case key
- 40123
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Proper touchdown point - inaccurateCause
Terrain condition - uphillFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt was attempting to land the acft downwind and uphill.a go-around was attempted and the acft struck trees at the departure end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30377
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701219
- Airframe hours
- 2,143
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene A. Matthews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
- Destination
- 13WA · Stanwood, WA
- Airport
- 13WA · Reining Air Park, runway 16, 1,800 × 85 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 120 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.