- Date
- May 30, 2022, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- East Sound, WA · Waldron Island
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20487Cessna 172M
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220530023149A
- Case key
- 105175
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point which, resulted in a runway overrun and collision with trees.
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 reported that the airplane floated over the grass runway in ground effect for longer than expected and touched down midfield. He was unable to stop on the wet runway and the airplane slid into heavy brush and trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20487
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261330
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 8,116.6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Registered owner
- Point to Point Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 2022
- Departed
- KORS · Eastsound, WA
- Destination
- 90WA · Waldron Island, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 90WA · Waldron Airstrip, runway 14, 2,700 × 300 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 10, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 216 in this make and model · 581 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- KORS, 4 nm away
- METAR
- KORS 301835Z AUTO 19005KT 5SM -RA BR BKN046 11/10 A3017 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 28, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 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.