# NTSB SEA70A0013: Piper PA-30, N8504Y, Tacoma, WA, September 22, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1969
- Place: Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186981
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70A0013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70A0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8504Y-1971-01-29), registration cancelled 1971-01-29, S/N 30-1663 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tacoma Industrial

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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