# Accident 19790624013169A: Piper PA28151, Federal Way, WA, June 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Federal Way, WA
- Airport: Evergreen
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3116° N, 122.3378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Federal Way, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3116&lon=-122.3378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44094 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FYE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790624013169A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FAILED TO GAIN/MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED DURING INITIAL CLIMB. HIT 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 SEA79FYE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE28), Jun 24, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N44094), Federal Way, WA, substantial damage

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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