# NTSB investigations, WA: In flight collision with object NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. Page 1 of 4 · 167 cases ## Latest cases - [NTSB SEA08FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA046.md): Piper PA-28-236 · Orting, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 7, 2007 · N4388P · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees while maneuvering. A contributing factor was the dark night. - [NTSB SEA08LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA020.md): Arrow Falcon Exporters OH-58+ · Cougar, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 2007 · N831SD · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a nearby tree while performing a hover-climb. Factors include his failure to maintain clearance from his long-line cable, and his likely diverted attention to the entanglement of the cable on the helicopter's… - [NTSB SEA07FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA262.md): Beech A-36TC · Burlington, WA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 2007 · N1811Q · Destroyed > The pilot's decision to descend below the published minimum descent altitude (MDA), and his failure to maintain clearance from vertical objects during an instrument approach. Contributing to the accident were low ceilings, inadequate preflight planning, and… - [NTSB LAX07CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA260.md): Ayres SR2 · Goldendale, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 1, 2007 · N5180G · Minor damage > The failure of the parachute wing to completely deploy, which resulted in the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. - [NTSB LAX07CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA254.md): Cessna 172 · Leavenworth, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 19, 2007 · N5967A · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from the trees. - [NTSB SEA07FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA189.md): Cessna 182Q · Cashmere, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2007 · N735KP · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees while on final approach. A contributing factor was the sun glare. - [NTSB SEA07LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA249.md): Cessna 177 · Pinecliff, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 2007 · N5180J · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees while maneuvering in mountainous terrain. Factors include the mountainous terrain, low ceilings, and trees in the area where the pilot was maneuvering. - [NTSB SEA07CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA015.md): Cessna 210E · Friday Harbor, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 21, 2006 · N4942U · Substantial damage > An in-flight collision with a bird during takeoff. - [NTSB SEA06FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA039.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Burlington, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 2006 · N36107 · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain the published minimum descent altitude and not adhering to the published missed approach procedures, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees and terrain. Factors contributing to the accident were low ceilings and… - [NTSB SEA06CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA024.md): Cessna 210-5 · Lopez Island, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 1, 2005 · N1876Z · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from an airport sign during the visual approach. The sign was a factor in the accident. - [NTSB SEA06FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA015.md): Agusta A109E · Olympia, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 2005 · N950AL · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper positioning of the number 2 Power Flight Control switch and his inability to obtain the proper climb rate to clear a concrete wall barrier. Contributing factors included the checklist not being followed and the limit override switch not… - [NTSB SEA06LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA006.md): Boeing B75N1 · Burlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 2005 · N5158N · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a utility pole during a precautionary landing. The utility pole was a factor. - [NTSB SEA05LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA198.md): Cessna 170A · Ione, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 2005 · N9527A · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure during low-level maneuvering flight, to maintain clearance from a pair of unmarked power lines. Factors include the pilot's intentional low altitude flight/maneuver and wires. - [NTSB SEA05CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA086.md): Williams Helicopter UH-1B · Uniontown, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 25, 2005 · N334WN · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an object while maneuvering, which resulted in the main rotor blades striking a power pole. The power pole was a factor in the accident. - [NTSB SEA05FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA072.md): Stinson 10-A · Oak Harbor, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 2005 · N39482 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to adequately plan the approach for landing and maintain clearance from trees during the go-around. A tailwind and trees were factors. - [NTSB SEA04CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA194.md): Cessna 152 · Friday Harbor, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 27, 2004 · N757RD · Substantial damage > The pilot's delay in executing an aborted landing and his failure to obtain altitude/clearance from trees during the aborted landing. A factor was the pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point as a result of his high airspeed on approach. - [NTSB SEA04TA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04TA158.md): Bell 205A1 · Leavenworth, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Aug 11, 2004 · N205XP · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the snag while hovering out of ground effect during an external load operation. Factors were the smoke jumper's misjudgment of the tree heights in the area, which resulted in the use of too short a long line, and… - [NTSB SEA04LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA152.md): Paulick Wittman W-10 · Langley, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 2004 · N70P · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation to assure adequate takeoff performance to clear obstacles, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. - [NTSB SEA04FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA143.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Cle Elum, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 2004 · N1912H · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to obtain and maintain a safe rate of climb after takeoff, due to his failure to perform pre-takeoff weight/balance and takeoff/climb performance calculations. Factors include a high density altitude environment, and trees off the… - [NTSB SEA04CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA136.md): Cessna 150L · La Center, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 16, 2004 · N18542 · Substantial damage > The private pilot receiving the flight review's failure to follow the Owner’s Manual's procedures for a go-around. Contributing factors were the flight instructor's delay in telling the private pilot to go-around, and the trees. - [NTSB SEA04LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA113.md): Piper J-3 · Glenoma, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 2004 · N27135 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees while maneuvering at a very low level in hilly terrain. Factors include hilly terrain, and thickly forested slopes in the area where the pilot was maneuvering. - [NTSB SEA04LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA102.md): Bell 206B · Prosser, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 2004 · N213SD · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines while maneuvering. - [NTSB SEA04LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA089.md): Airframes Unlimited Powered Parachute · Richland, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 14, 2004 · UNREG · Substantial damage > The failure of the non-certificated pilot to maintain clearance from a pole while maneuvering. Factors contributing to the accident included the loss of directional control and the pole. - [NTSB SEA04LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA048.md): Cessna 172N · Gig Harbor, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 2004 · N75844 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to follow the published IFR procedure resulting in failure to maintain clearance from objects during an instrument approach. Trees and an inoperative glide slope receiver were factors. - [NTSB SEA04FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA023.md): Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AT · Spokane, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 2003 · N439AF · Destroyed > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper glidepath alignment during an ILS approach in poor weather resulting in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors were the unreliable status of the primary (NAV 1) ILS receiver (leaving the pilot… - [NTSB SEA03CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03CA200.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Basin City, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 30, 2003 · N4451Z · Substantial damage > Clearance not maintained while on short approach to the runway. A factor was the corn stalks near the runway. - [NTSB SEA03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA141.md): Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Newman Lake, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2003 · N16GL · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an object while on final approach for landing. Trees and inadequate visual lookout were factors. - [NTSB SEA03LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA131.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Stuart Island, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2003 · N125ER · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance while maneuvering to land. Contributing factors included the tree and the sunglare condition. - [NTSB SEA03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA101.md): Rockwell International S-2R · Royal City, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2003 · N8468V · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a 20 foot high post while applying chemicals to an agricultural field, which resulted in impact damage to the right main landing gear, and ultimately to a collapse of the subject gear during the subsequent… - [NTSB SEA03LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA016.md): Luscombe 8A · Tekoa, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 4, 2002 · C-FIIF · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain while attempting to fly a non-IFR equipped aircraft solely by reference to its instruments after the aircraft's windshield became coated with freezing rain in cruise flight. A factor was the pilot's… - [NTSB SEA03LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA012.md): Bell 212 · Longview, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 2002 · N82W · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees while landing. A contributing factor was trees. - [NTSB SEA02LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA181.md): Cessna R172K · Shaw Island, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 2002 · N736PJ · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for ambient wind conditions. Factors include the pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, gusting crosswinds, and trees growing near the edge of the airstrip. - [NTSB SEA02TA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02TA067.md): Hughes 369D · Richland, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 11, 2002 · N8353F · Substantial damage > Failure of the netting material securing a net weight while maneuvering. The net weight was a factor. - [NTSB SEA02LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA054.md): Cessna 170B · Rainier, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 2002 · N8065A · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain the proper decent rate on approach. A factor was the trees in close proximity to the airport. - [NTSB SEA02LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA042.md): Cessna 172 · Concrete, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 2002 · C-FISS · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance/altitude while reversing course and turning towards rising, tree covered terrain in downdraft conditions. Contributing factors were trees, rising terrain, downdrafts and the pilot's in-flight decision to turn… - [NTSB SEA02LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA024.md): Hughes 369E · Grand Coulee, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 2002 · N369ET · Substantial damage > The net gunner's improper decision to fire the net gun at an angle that allowed the net to become entangled in the main rotor system. A factor was foreign object damage to the main rotor blades. - [NTSB SEA01LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA147.md): Schweizer SGS 1-26B · Rock Island, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2001 · N5768S · Substantial damage > The student pilot's improper inflight planning and decision (delay in establishing an approach to a suitable landing area) and his subsequent failure to attain the proper glidepath for the selected landing area, resulting in an overshoot of the selected… - [NTSB SEA01LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA130.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Tekoa, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 2001 · N4920F · Substantial damage > The non-current pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance with wheat crops on short final, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action. Factors included wheat crops and a dirt bank on short final, the runway's lack of a visual… - [NTSB SEA01LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA077.md): Cessna 172S · Renton, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 2001 · N435SP · Substantial damage > A Canadian goose which crossed the aircraft's flight path and impacted the left wing during the aircraft's final approach. - [NTSB SEA01LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA055.md): Grumman-Schweizer G-164A · Waitsburg, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 2001 · N48651 · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines during a pull-up, resulting in an in-flight collision with the lines, loss of control and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors were the power lines and the pilot's… - [NTSB SEA01LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA011.md): Cessna 172 · Conconully, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 2000 · CGDNN · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees while flying at a very low altitude in mountainous/hilly terrain. Factors include, forested mountainous/hilly terrain, flight at a very low altitude, and an encounter with a downdraft. - [NTSB SEA01LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA009.md): Hallett HALLETT-1 · Yelm, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 21, 2000 · N8331H · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when it became questionable as to whether the aircraft would be able to clear an object just off the departure end of the runway, and the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the object as he attempted to… - [NTSB SEA01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01FA001.md): Cessna 208B · Lummi Island, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 2000 · N941FE · Substantial damage > The pilot's attempted flight into known adverse weather conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain altitude above, or clearance with, trees. Factors contributing to the accident included low ceilings, fog, the pilot's low-altitude flight, rising… - [NTSB SEA00LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA192.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Columbia River, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 2000 · N5111A · Substantial damage > Clearance from a transmission power line was not maintained. The power line was a factor. - [NTSB SEA00LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA175.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Wapato, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 2000 · N87351 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees off the approach end of the runway, and his delay of the remedial action that would have allowed him to clear the trees. Factors include the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath, trees off the… - [NTSB SEA00LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA137.md): Beaver Ferguson F-II · Benton City, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2000 · N8228R · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to approach the strip with adequate airspeed for the conditions (resulting in a stall/mush situation), and his failure to maintain adequate altitude and/or clearance above a power line on the approach path. Factors included crosswind… - [NTSB SEA00LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA105.md): Schmidt SEA REY · Northport, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2000 · N304WW · Substantial damage > The pilot's loss of directional control due to his inadequate remedial action in correcting for engine torque during the aborted landing. Factors include trees near the area where the pilot was attempting to land. - [NTSB SEA00LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA099.md): Grumman-Schweizer G-164B · Colfax, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 2000 · N6549K · Substantial damage > The pilots failure to maintain clearance from power transmission lines. - [NTSB SEA00LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA070.md): Cessna 150M · Auburn, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 12, 2000 · N9301U · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to follow aircraft operating procedures by not raising the flaps during the go-around maneuver. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to adhere to the balked landing checklist (FLAPS to 20) resulting in degraded climb performance,… - [NTSB SEA00LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA043.md): Rockwell S-2R · Kahlotus, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 2000 · N7780V · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude over, or clearance with, a barbed-wire fence. A factor was the fence. Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md?state=WA&occurrence=220&page=2 ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'WA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=220&state=WA --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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