# NTSB SEA92LA206: Cessna 172P, N62036, Leavenworth, WA, September 18, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1992, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Leavenworth, WA
- Coordinates: 47.810573, -120.859237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8106&lon=-120.8592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA206

## Probable cause

THE PREMATURE LIFT OFF BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE SOFT, ROUGH TURF AIRSTRIP AND THE HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT INITIATED A TAKEOFF ON A SOFT, ROUGH, TURF AIRSTRIP, AND THE ACFT LIFTED OFF NEAR MIDFIELD AT A SLOW AIRSPEED IN A STEEP NOSE UP ATTITUDE.  THE ACFT CLIMBED TO 50 TO 60 FT. AGL, LEVELED OFF, AND ROTATED INTO A STEEP NOSE UP ATTITUDE NEAR THE END OF THE STRIP.  THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO TREES AT THE END OF THE STRIP IN A WINGS LEVEL, NOSE UP ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62036](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62036-1993-01-28), registration cancelled 1993-01-28, S/N 17275200 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275200
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: Puget Sound Helicopters
- Registered owner: Puget Sound Helicopters, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: WA32, LEAVENWORTH, WA
- Destination: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Airport: WA32, Lake Wenatchee State, runway 27, 2,500 × 250 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 470 total, 75 in this make and model, 395 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAT, 33 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 19920918037799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920918037799A), Sep 18, 1992: Cessna 172P, Leavenworth, WA, Destroyed. Slowed by sand on runway. Lifted near end. Below power curve. Stall mushed into trees and burned.

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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