# NTSB SEA66A0024: Piper PA-28, N8662W, Enumclaw, WA, October 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1965
- Place: Enumclaw, WA · ENUMCLAW, WA
- Location: 47.2022° N, 121.9890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enumclaw, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2022&lon=-121.9890&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8662W-2019-08-08), registration cancelled 2019-08-08, S/N 28-10187, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Enumclaw

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.

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