SEA67D0174

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Touchet, WA · November 6, 1966

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
November 6, 1966
Place
Touchet, WA · TOUCHET, WA
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N5070PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report April 6, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
119897

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4098   66/11/6   TOUCHET WASH        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 121
        TIME - 1140                    N5070P              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- LOW APPROACH. PLT PULLED UP TO AVOID FENCE BUT ADDED PWR TOO LATE.ACFT STALLED,HIT FNCE.CARB HT ON

Aircraft

Registration
N5070P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.