# NTSB SEA89LA145: Cessna 177, N3448T, Fall City, WA, July 31, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1989, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Coordinates: 47.579364, -121.879943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5794&lon=-121.8799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41058/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA145

## Probable cause

THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS LANDING FLARE AND THEN DID NOT PROPERLY RECOVER FROM THE RESULTING BOUNCE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE PILOT WAS STARTING TO FLARE ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, BUT DESCENDED ONTO THE OVERRUN AND BOUNCED. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AGAIN AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3448T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3448T-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 17700748, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17700748
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bill M. Davis
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: 1WA6
- Airport: 1WA6, Campbell, runway 9, 3,200 × 20 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, expired; flight hours: 593 total, 25 in this make and model, 450 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point -0 °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 19890731025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890731025959A), Jul 31, 1989: Cessna 177, Fall City, WA, Substantial damage. Stalled on short final,hit runway overrun. Broke off nose gear and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N3448T (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK72DVG56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVG56), May 14, 1972: Cessna 177 (N3448T), Paradise, CA, substantial damage

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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