# Accident 19950714018669A: Piper PA28160, Kent, WA, July 14, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1995, 22:20 local time
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Crest Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3228° N, 122.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3228&lon=-122.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5040W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5040W-1998-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 51 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA95LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950714018669A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN ON CLIMBOUT. SETTLED INTO TREES. PILOT REPORTED GROSS WEIGHT BUT POSSIBLE OVERGROSS.

## 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 SEA95LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA151), Jul 15, 1995: Piper PA-28-160 (N5040W), Kent, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEAR OF THE TREES. THE DARK NIGHT LIGHT CONDITION WAS A FACTOR.

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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