# NTSB SEA86LA113: Cessna 172, N65654, Hubbard, OR, April 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1986, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Hubbard, OR
- Coordinates: 45.179954, -122.789962 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1800&lon=-122.7900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40396
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40396/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA113

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- Nose over, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING PRACTICE SIMULATED FORCED LANDING WITH THE POWER REDUCED TO IDLE AND GUSTING CROSSWINDS AIRSPEED WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO AN APPROACH STALL STRIKING THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND THEN NOSING OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N65654 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275800
- Airframe hours: 343
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Price
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 1985, 37 hours before
- Departed: 3S2, AURORA, OR
- Destination: 7S9, HUBBARD, OR
- Airport: 7S9, Lenhardts Airpark

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 184 total, 106 in this make and model, 132 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19860427014069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860427014069A), Apr 27, 1986: Cessna 172P, Hubbard, OR, Substantial damage. Failed to add power and terminate the simulated forced landing in gusty winds. Stalled, hit in a field, nosed over.

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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