19891227061409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34220T · Seattle, WA · December 27, 1989

Date
December 27, 1989 · 18:40 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFSIL
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total600 in this make and model90 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.

Sparks from right side of takeoff. Aborted. Found broken runway lights and propeller blades bent.

As the FAA filed it

SPARKS FROM RIGHT SIDE OF TAKEOFF. ABORTED. FOUND BROKEN RUNWAY LIGHTS AND PROPELLER BLADES BENT.