- Date
- September 22, 1969
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8504YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3121 69/9/22 TACOMA,WASH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 551 TIME - 0321 N8504Y PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACOMA INDUSTRIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WASH TACOMA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ATTEMPTED CONTACT APCH TO APT ON DARK NITE OVER WATER WITH SPARSE LTG IN AREA. LOW SCUD BELOW OCST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8504Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tacoma Industrial
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