Plane Crash List

Cessna 172D N2527Y

24 July 2004 · Morton, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 July 2004 at about 01:45 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2527Y was involved in an accident near Morton, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 01:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Morton, Washington, United States
Coordinates
46.5503, -122.2664
Aircraft
Cessna 172D
Registration
N2527Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Everett → Morton
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA04CA141

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of altitude on final approach which resulted in an improper touchdown point and subsequent runway overrun. A factor was sunglare.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that on approach to the 1,800-foot-long runway 25, she determined she was high and completed a slip to lose altitude. She had "full sun in the face" and had difficulty seeing the runway. After touchdown, the pilot discovered that she had "only a few hundred feet" of runway remaining. Although she applied full brakes, the airplane went off the end of the asphalt into a grass overrun. The left brake "locked up" and the airplane veered to the right and impacted a barbed wire fence. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the cowling, propeller, and right wing were damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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