# Accident 19731018033449A: Piper PA24260, Renton, WA, October 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1973
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9026P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026P-2025-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 77 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYE22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731018033449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ADDED PWR TOO LATE. OVER WATER APCH. GR HIT SEA WALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA74DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYE22), Oct 18, 1973: Piper PA-24 (N9026P), Renton, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9026P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20221229023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221229023099A), Dec 29, 2022: Piper PA-24-260 (N9026P), Athens, GA, Destroyed. On 12/29/2022 @1322, N9026P, a Piper PA-24-260 departed Athens, Georgia (ahn) in route to dalton, Georgia (dhn). Aircraft departed rwy 9 northbound on a 360…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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