- Date
- January 9, 1990, 09:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35000Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900109000319A
- Case key
- 41162
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point or go-around. Factors related to the accident concerned the runway condition.
Analysis
As the plt was landing on a 1270 ft wet/grass rwy, the acft touched down at about midfield. Subsequently, it continued off the departure end, damaged two fences & nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35000
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702150
- Airframe hours
- 1,860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Linnes Development Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1989 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Airport
- Crane Island, runway 11, 1,270 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 726 total · 263 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FHR, 4 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.