- Date
- June 5, 1987, 17:30 local (Jun 6, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Snohomish, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65994Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870605020269A
- Case key
- 40638
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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.
Analysis
The pilot initiated a landing on a 2650 ft long runway in a 11-18 knot quartering tailwind condition. He flew the final approach too fast and flared prematurely. The acft floated down the rwy, landed hard and bounced twice. The plt lost control and the acft departed the side of the rwy. The left wing was substantially damaged on impact with a pole on the side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65994
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275942
- Airframe hours
- 1,385
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Galvin Ying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gary B. Dunne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 5, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- S43 · Harvey, runway 14, 2,650 × 38 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.