# NTSB SEA88LA192: Cessna 207, N1651U, Center Island, WA, September 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1988, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Center Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.53025, -123.060195 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5303&lon=-123.0602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40899/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA192

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1651U-2018-01-11), registration cancelled 2018-01-11, S/N 20700251, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (registry code 2073602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700251
- Airframe hours: 5896
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880930042559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930042559A), Sep 30, 1988: Cessna 207, Center Island, UT, Substantial damage. Overran the runway on the one way strip. Wind was variable,calm to 15 knots. Failed to timely go around.

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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