- Date
- November 19, 1988, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Oregon City, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6408GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881119051499A
- Case key
- 40959
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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
The pilot was landing his aircraft on a very wet 1,170 foot grass runway. The pilot was not able to stop the aircraft before it collided with a fence at the end of the runway. According to the manufacturers performance figures, under the given temperature and wind conditions, the runway length required on dry grass would be 740 feet. Although not addressed in the pilot operators handbook, due to the extreme variables, Cessna aircraft company engineers stated that wet grass would increase the landing distance 100 to 300%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6408G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273594
- Airframe hours
- 1,339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. Michael Read
- Registered owner
- John Michael Read
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
- Airport
- Neilson'S Airpark
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 399 total · 338 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.