- Date
- September 11, 1988, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Shelton, WA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N54867Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880911062459A
- Case key
- 40885
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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
About 10 mins after t/o, the plt noted the engine running rough and elected to return to the point of departure for precautionary lndg. Approach was high and fast, leading to balked lndg. On throttle application, eng quit. Acft collided with trees beyond runway. The engine was test run with no malfunctions. The fuel samples were clear of contaminates. No system failures were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54867
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275073
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boeing Employees Flying Assn
- Registered owner
- Boeing Employees Flying Assn.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1988 · 92 hours before
- Destination
- RTN · Renton, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SHN · Sanderson Field, runway 23, 5,050 × 100 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 11 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.