- Date
- September 30, 1988, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Center Island, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1651UCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930042559A
- Case key
- 40899
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was landing upslope on a one-way 1700 ft rwy in wind that was variable & changing from calm to gusts from the north. The plt rprtd a northerly gust cond occurred as he was landing. Subsequently, the acft floated beyond the desired touchdown point & the plt delayed initiating a go-around until too late. He contd the landing, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. Subsequently, the acft hit trees & brush beyond the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1651U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700251
- Airframe hours
- 5,896
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- West Isle Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 20, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Decatur Island, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Center Island, runway 18, 1,700 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,327 total · 68 in this make and model · 2,172 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 79 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.