Roche Harbor Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Roche Harbor, Washington 98250
Sunday, July 13, 1986 16:28 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WITH A CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE PLT APPLIED FULL AFT ELEVATOR, FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL RIGHT AILERON. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT MADE NO RESPONSE TO THE CONTROL INPUTS SO FULL POWER WAS ADDED AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO ZERO. CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS REGAINED; HOWEVER, IT HAD ALREADY CONTACTED BUSHES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RWY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/13/1986
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1628
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City ROCHE HARBOR
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98250
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport ROCHE HARBOR
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 9S1
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 100
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 10
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 6029
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 13 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1640
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 31489
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number CFILT
NTSB Number SEA86LA169
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 170B
Aircraft Series Identifier 170B
Aircraft Serial Number 27061
Certified Max Gross Weight 2200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jul 23 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 50
Airframe Hours 4170
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name IAN SUTCLIFFE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 6055 BALSAM COURT #307
Operator City VANCOUVER
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 75S
Departure City BURLINGTON
Departure State WA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1610
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code 9S1
Destination City ROCHE HARBOR
Destination State WA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 4500
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --