# NTSB SEA91LA065: Cessna 172P, N64599, Seattle, WA, March 9, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1991, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Coordinates: 47.539058, -122.310203 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5391&lon=-122.3102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41398
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41398/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA065

## Probable cause

A HARD LANDING DUE TO THE PILOT'S MIDJUDGEMENT OF HIS TOUCHDOWN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - touchdown - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT OBSERVED A BENT PROPELLER TIP WHILE HE WAS SECURING THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED A GUST WHILE LANDING AND HAD LANDED SOMEWHAT HARD.  THE FIREWALL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64599](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64599-2021-07-31), registration cancelled 2021-07-31, S/N 17275589, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275589
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Wings Aloft, Inc
- Departed: TIW, TACOMA, WA
- Airport: BFI, Boeing Field, runway 13, 10,001 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 34 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: -0 °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 19910309005179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910309005179A), Mar 9, 1991: Cessna 172P, Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing. Blamed gusty crosswind. Taxied in. Found bent prop and motor mount.

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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