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FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Everett, WA · October 15, 2005

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Date
October 15, 2005 · 09:50 local
Place
Everett, WA
Airport
Snohomish County - Paine Fld
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5FN
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA06FA007
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
N5FNRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2007 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7625005 · Built 1975Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) The pilot had departed Boeing field, seattle, WA on an eaa young eagles flight with two ninth grade girls on board. He intended to land at Paine field, Everett, WA and have the girls switch seats. During landing on runway 16L, the aircraft touched down on the left edge of the runway and went off the side of the runway into the grass. The pilot added power to go around and overrotated in an attempt to avoid PAPI lights and a taxiway sign. He struck the taxiway sign with the left main gear and continued to go-around flying at a slow speed and high pitch attitude. The aircraft climbed at a very shallow angle and struck trees approximately 3,000 feet off the end of the runway, then cartwheeled and burned. (-23 amendment) the pilot departed Boeing field, seattle, Washington on an eaa young eagles flight with two ninth grade girls on board. He intended to land at Paine field, Everett, WA and have the girls switch seats. During landing on rwy 16L, the aircraft touched down on the left edge of the runway and went off into the grass. The pilot added power to go around and overrotated in an attempt to avoid the PAPI lights and a taxiway sign. He struck the taxiway sign with the left main gear and continued the takeoff at a slow speed and high pitch attitude. The aircraft climbed at a very shallow angle and struck trees approximately 3000 feet off the end of the runway, cartwheeled and burned.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED BOEING FIELD, SEATTLE, WA ON AN EAA YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHT WITH TWO NINTH GRADE GIRLS ON BOARD. HE INTENDED TO LAND AT PAINE FIELD, EVERETT, WA AND HAVE THE GIRLS SWITCH SEATS. DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 16L, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND AND OVERROTATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID PAPI LIGHTS AND A TAXIWAY SIGN. HE STRUCK THE TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND CONTINUED TO GO-AROUND FLYING AT A SLOW SPEED AND HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AT A VERY SHALLOW ANGLE AND STRUCK TREES APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THEN CARTWHEELED AND BURNED. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT DEPARTED BOEING FIELD, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ON AN EAA YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHT WITH TWO NINTH GRADE GIRLS ON BOARD. HE INTENDED TO LAND AT PAINE FIELD, EVERETT, WA AND HAVE THE GIRLS SWITCH SEATS. DURING LANDING ON RWY 16L, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT OFF INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND AND OVERROTATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE PAPI LIGHTS AND A TAXIWAY SIGN. HE STRUCK THE TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AT A SLOW SPEED AND HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AT A VERY SHALLOW ANGLE AND STRUCK TREES APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CARTWHEELED AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA06FA007Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportEverett, WAThe pilot's inadequate airspeed during his aborted landing takeoff/climb which lead to a series of stall/mushes and subsequent impact with trees. Contributing factors were the pilot's loss of aircraft control during his initial landing approach and his…Oct 15, 2005 · Destroyed

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