# Accident 20070714015159A: Yaklev YAK55M, Everett, WA, July 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2007, 13:17 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9697° N, 122.2236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9697&lon=-122.2236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55NH-2007-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK-55M (registry code 9830224, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-55m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK55M
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 74 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070714015159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ENGINE PROBLEM ENROUTE FROM ARLINGTON, WA TO EVERETT, WA. PILOT REQUESTED EMERGENCY LANDING AT PAE. SHORTLY RADIOED HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND WAS ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING AT AN EVERETT RESERVOIR GRASSY AREA. WITNESS SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP LEFT TURN TOWARD THE RESERVOIR AND THEN DROPPED FROM HIS FLIGHT PATH INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED TAIL HIGH INTO A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD KILLING THE PILOT AND SIGNIFICANTALY BURNING THE WRECKAGE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED OIL LOSS AND INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 SEA07FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA195), Jul 14, 2007: Yakovlev YAK-55M (N55NH), Everett, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inspection that led to oil exhaustion and a catastrophic engine failure. Also causal was the pilot's attempted operation of an aircraft with known…

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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