# Accident 19960218001959A: Piper PA23150, Spanaway, WA, February 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Spanaway, WA
- Airport: Shady Acres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0499° N, 122.3606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0499&lon=-122.3606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2237P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2237P-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A3B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,032 total, 1,129 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960218001959A

## Narrative

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

OVERRAN RUNWAY LANDING. WENT OVER EMBANKMENT INTO TREES. 1600FT AVAILABLE AND POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING FACTORS.

## 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 SEA96LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA059), Feb 19, 1996: Piper PA-23-150 (N2237P), Spanaway, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to use all available runway, including the overrun area, to stop the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the wet runway, and the pilot's inability to see the overrun…

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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