# NTSB SEA69F0081: Piper PA-28, N8518W, Westport, WA, June 18, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Case · Closed
- Date: June 18, 1968
- Place: Westport, WA · WESTPORT, WA
- Location: 46.8918° N, 124.1198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westport, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8918&lon=-124.1198&mi=10
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69F0081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69F0081

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8518W-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 28-10019 (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)
- Category: Airplane

## Other investigations on N8518W (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK64X4064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4064), Sep 20, 1964: Piper PA28 (N8518W), Chehalis, WA, substantial damage

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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