# Incident 20171014019989I: Piper PA-28-140, Port Townsend, WA, October 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2017, 20:28 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8737N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8737N) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171014019989I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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