# NTSB SEA88LA124: Cessna 152, N4590P, Roche Harbor, WA, July 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1988, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Roche Harbor, WA
- Coordinates: 48.530628, -123.060661 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5306&lon=-123.0607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40840
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40840/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA124

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PLT WAS ATTEMPTING NO FLAP LANDING ON DOWN-SLOPING NARROW RUNWAY IN VARIABLE AND GUSTY WIND CONDS. HARD LANDING RESULTED IN DEPARTURE FROM HARD SURFACE, ENCOUNTER WITH PARALLEL DITCH AND ROCK, AND NOSEOVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4590P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4590P), registered now, S/N 15284774, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152284774
- Airframe hours: 3605
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pickett Aviation Co.
- Registered owner: Richard Shoemaker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 18, 1988, 57 hours before
- Departed: TIW, GIG HARBOR, WA
- Destination: 9S1, ROCHE HARBOR, WA
- Airport: 9S1, Roche Harbor, runway 24, 4,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 43 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: BLI

## 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 19880708026009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880708026009A), Jul 8, 1988: Cessna 152, Roche Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. Lost control landing downwind. Aircraft veered off the runway into a ditch and flipped inverted. No flap landing.

## Other investigations on N4590P (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN90LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA074), Mar 16, 1990: Cessna 152 (N4590P), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS.

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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