- Date
- June 18, 1968
- Place
- Westport, WA · WESTPORT, WA
- Aircraft
- N8518WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4962 68/6/18 WESTPORT,WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 130 TIME - 1855 N8515W PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTPORT,WASH KELSO,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RET TO FLD DUE MARGINAL WEA. LND IN TREES BETWEEN BLDGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8518W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
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