Cessna 175B N8209T

Summary

On 3 May 2021 at about 17:55 local time, a Cessna 175B registered N8209T was involved in an accident near Royal City, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 May 2021 at 17:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Royal City, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Private (PVT)

Coordinates

46.9266, -119.8617

Aircraft

Cessna 175B

Registration

N8209T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1960

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Royal City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR21LA182

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a landing with a tailwind which resulted in excessive ground speed, runway over run and subsequent nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, he departed from the west runway of his private dirt airstrip earlier on the morning of the accident with a calm wind. Upon his return he decided that a landing to the east was appropriate. The approach was normal however, during the landing flare he realized the ground speed was excessively fast and the wind had shifted to a tailwind. The airplane touched down 400 ft beyond the landing threshold of the 1,500 ft long runway and was still traveling fast. As the end of the runway approached, he attempted to steer the airplane to the left. The airplane rolled to the right, struck a concrete block, and nosed over substantially damaging the wings. The landing strip was furnished with two windsocks, and the pilot reported that due to power lines at the end of the runway, a go-around was not possible. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The closest official weather reporting station, about 32 miles northeast of the accident site, reported wind between 4 and 9 knots generally out of the southeast during the three-hour period leading up to the accident. However, about 40 minutes after the accident, an aviation special weather report (SPECI) was issued due to a significant change in weather, indicating that the wind had shifted and was now out of the southwest.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.