- Date
- December 14, 1988, 17:10 local (Dec 15, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51386Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881214062879A
- Case key
- 40962
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Analysis
Plt was lndg on unlit strip (center reflectors) at night and allowed acft to drift left on lndg roll. Acft contacted dirt mound adjacent to runway.
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - bermFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Light condition - nightFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51386
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1138
- Airframe hours
- 3,701
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wendell R. Sala
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1988 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- WA38 · Firstair, runway 25, 1,800 × 30 ft
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 618 total · 64 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.