# NTSB SEA70D0007: Piper PA-25, N6263Z, Pasco, WA, June 11, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 11, 1969
- Place: Pasco, WA · PASCO, WA
- Location: 46.2396° N, 119.1006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pasco, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2396&lon=-119.1006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70D0007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70D0007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1944  69/6/11    PASCO,WASH          PIPER PA-25         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1997
        TIME - 0430                    N6263Z              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED OVER RUTS ON AG STRIP CAUSING ACFT TO SLIDE AND HIT WATER PIPE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6263Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6263Z-1976-05-26), registration cancelled 1976-05-26, S/N 25-325 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (registry code 7102502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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