- Date
- February 7, 2022, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Crane Island, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N684SCessna T207
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220207001669A
- Case key
- 104614
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to obtain a proper touch down location on a wet grass runway, resulting in a runway overrun and impact with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the airplane reported that, while landing on a private grass 1500 ft. runway, the airplane landed “slightly long and fast.” During the landing roll, flaps were immediately raised, and brakes were applied, however the braking was ineffective on the wet grass. The safety pilot called for a go-around. The pilot was concerned there was insufficient room to accelerate and elected to decelerate instead of attempting a go-around. The airplane exited the departure end of the runway, impacted terrain, and came to rest upright. The airplane’s lower fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N684S
- Reported as
- Cessna T207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700147
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 19,093
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Rugby Aviation, LLC, doing business as San Juan Airlines
- Registered owner
- Second Wind Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 2021
- Departed
- KBLI · Bellingham, WA
- Destination
- PVT · Crane Island, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PVT · Crane Island
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 17, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 9,524 total · 49 in this make and model · 7,792 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 10, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 4,305 total · 1,608 in this make and model · 4,124 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.43 inHg
- Observed at
- KFHR, 5 nm away
- METAR
- SA 07/02/2022 21:53-> METAR KFHR 072153Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP296 T01170056 TSNO=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.