# Accident 19990622007369A: Piper PA28140, Zillah, WA, June 22, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1999, 08:10 local time
- Place: Zillah, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4084° N, 120.2727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zillah, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4084&lon=-120.2727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9887W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9887W-2009-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622007369A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED BETWEEN RWY LIGHTS AND STRUCK A FENCE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AR UNKNOWN.(-23) THE PILOT LINED UP WITH AND LANDED ON A MOWED AREA OF GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND A FENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING TO THE EAST. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A RAILROAD TIE FENCE POST 4.5 FEET INBOARD OF THE TIP. THIS OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE WING WAS RIPPED OFF AT THIS POINT AND WING SPAR WAS BENT AND BROKE THE ROOT. THE A/C PIVOTED TO THE LEFT APPROX. 100 DEGREES AND CAM TO REST OFF THE RUNWAY. BOTH PROPELLOR BLADES WERE BENT BACKWARDS AND THE LEFT HAND WING WAS BENT UPWARDS AND HAD CONTACTED THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT WING RELAXED AND WAS FOUND IN A 60 DEGREE UP POSITION. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ONBOARD THE A/C, INCLUDING THE PILOT, THERE WERE NO KNOWN INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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