# Accident 19760925031359A: Piper PA34200, Kent, WA, September 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1976
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Crest Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 47.3809° N, 122.2348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3809&lon=-122.2348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15867, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15867-1976-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 394 total, 35 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760925031359A

## Narrative

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

INITIALLY STRUCK TREE HALF MILE FM RWY ON RISING TERRAIN. WENT INVERTED & HIT OTHER TREES.

## 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 SEA76AS079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS079), Sep 25, 1976: Piper PA-34 (N15867), Kent, WA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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