- Date
- February 26, 1991, 16:05 local (Feb 27, 1991, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Port Townsend, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67705Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910226003559A
- Case key
- 41393
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control during landing roll. Factors relating to the accident were the crosswind weather conditions and the soft terrain beside the 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.
Analysis
The acft swerved off the left side of runway during landing roll with right crosswind weather conditions. The acft entered soft terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67705
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281971
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles R. Olin
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Olin
- Airport
- 0S9 · Port Townsend, runway 28, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 685 total · 685 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Observed at
- PAE, 23 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.