- Date
- June 20, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9830VCessna 172-M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910620022849A
- Case key
- 41459
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor in-flight decision and his failure to select a proper touchdown point. Factors include a wet runway, soft terrain and high vegetation.
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 pilot of the Cessna 172 landed long, on the 2000 foot sod airstrip, with a slight tailwind, and was unable to stop on the wet grass. The aircraft slid off the end of the runway, into a soft field, and nosed over in high vegetation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9830V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172-M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264518
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce C. James
- Registered owner
- Bruce C. James
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Airport
- 06 · Finlay Field, runway 36, 2,000 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- 76
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,177 total · 1,240 in this make and model · 6,357 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- 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.