- Date
- January 19, 1988, 16:30 local (Jan 20, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vashon Island, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5328KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880119036369A
- Case key
- 40771
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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
During landing roll the pilot made an intentional groundloop to avoid trees at the end of the short, wet, S0D runway. The pilot reported that the use of brakes was ineffective. He stated that he made the landing using 30 degs of flaps at an airspeed of 60 knots. The right wing caught at ditch along the side of the runway during the groundloop. According to the aircraft manufacturers short field landing performance data, the total distance required to make a short field landing on a dry grass runway with 30 degs of flaps, power off, calm winds and maximum braking is 1465 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5328K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274067
- Airframe hours
- 2,715
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry R. Blair, doing business as Flight Tech, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Henry R Blair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 11, 1987 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- 2S1 · Vashon Island, WA
- Airport
- 2S1 · Vashon Island, runway 35, 1,940 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 6 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.