# Accident 19840621047879A: Piper PA28181, Burley, WA, June 21, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1984, 00:25 local time
- Place: Burley, WA
- Airport: Port Orchard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4323° N, 122.6679° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ORCHARD (4WA9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4323&lon=-122.6679&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6950J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6950J-1984-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA84FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840621047879A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED NON PILOT MADE UNAUTHORIZED NIGHT TAKEOFF INTO IMC. STRUCK TREES AND THE GROUND DURING THE CLIMBOUT.

## 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 SEA84FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA139), Jun 21, 1984: Piper PA-28-181 (N6950J), Burley, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6950J (1)

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

- [Incident 19790913048899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913048899I), Sep 13, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N6950J), Eugene, OR. Student pilot ran out of fuel during solo crosscountry flight. Landed safely in field.

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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