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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Port Townsend, WA · October 14, 2017

Date: October 14, 2017 · 20:28 local
Place: Port Townsend, WA
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8737N
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N8737NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-25553 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine 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.

The owner picked up the aircraft, after a 100 hour inspection, from Port Townsend airport to fly back to his home base of oak harbor. The pilot completed a runup and departed, at approximately 200 to 500 AGL the engine quite for an as of yet undetermined reason. The pilot attempted to land straight ahead on the remaining runway but ran off the end and came to rest in a ditch adjacent to highway 19. Judging from witness descriptions and on scene photographs the aircraft appears to have only minor damage to the propeller and nose wheel faring.

As the FAA filed it

THE OWNER PICKED UP THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER A 100 HOUR INSPECTION, FROM PORT TOWNSEND AIRPORT TO FLY BACK TO HIS HOME BASE OF OAK HARBOR. THE PILOT COMPLETED A RUNUP AND DEPARTED, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 500 AGL THE ENGINE QUITE FOR AN AS OF YET UNDETERMINED REASON. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY BUT RAN OFF THE END AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 19. JUDGING FROM WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS AND ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHS THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE WHEEL FARING.