48.6074° N, 123.1306° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Roche Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 27, 1979 · 15:45 local
Place
Roche Harbor, WA
Airport
Roche Harbor
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N816J
Reported as
Piper PA28201T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
425 total10 in this make and model111 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on wet runway, lost directional control and went into soft terrain.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON WET RUNWAY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND WENT INTO SOFT TERRAIN.