# NTSB SEA85LA069: Cessna 177A, N30377, Stanwood, WA, March 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1985, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Stanwood, WA
- Coordinates: 48.800422, -122.059883 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8004&lon=-122.0599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40123/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA069

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701219
- Airframe hours: 2143
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850308006459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850308006459A), Mar 8, 1985: Cessna 177A, Stanwood, WA, Substantial damage. Landed with tailwind, could not stop on runway, tried go around, struck trees off end of runway.

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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