- Date
- October 8, 1965
- Place
- Enumclaw, WA · ENUMCLAW, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8662WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175884
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0984 65/10/8 NR.ENUMCLAW WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1200 TIME - 1959 N8662W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 435 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENUMCLAW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PILOT IN INST COND WAS BEING RADAR VECTORED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8662W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Enumclaw
N8662WRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2019 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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