# NTSB SEA92LA090: Cessna 172N, N5096E, Parkdale, OR, May 4, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Parkdale, OR
- Coordinates: 45.429424, -121.630737 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4294&lon=-121.6307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41668
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41668/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA090

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR LANDING.  A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT DIRT RUNWAY SURFACE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED ON A SOFT PORTION OF HIS PRIVATE TURF AIRSTRIP WHERE HE HAD RECENTLY REWORKED THE LANDING SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SANK INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5096E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5096E-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 17271709, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271709
- Airframe hours: 5336
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Vancouver Aviation
- Registered owner: Vancouver Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 8, 1992, 84 hours before
- Departed: 60S, VANCOUVER, WA
- Airport: NONE, Monroe Farm, runway 18, 1,320 × 15 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,750 total, 500 in this make and model, 5,600 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DLS, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920504013239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920504013239A), May 4, 1992: Cessna 172N, Parkdale, OR, Substantial damage. Nosed over landing on tilled sod portion of Private strip.

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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