# NTSB SEA70I0024: Boeing 747, N732PA, Renton, WA, December 13, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 13, 1969
- Place: Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Location: 47.4795° N, 122.1949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Renton, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4795&lon=-122.1949&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1971
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70I0024
- Board report AAR7019 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7019.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70I0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0046  69/12/13   RENTON,WASH         BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 11  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1111                    N732PA              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     44, 6518 TOTAL HOURS, 121
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SEATTLE,WASH                RENTON,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- GR HIT EMBANKMENT 20 FT SHORT OF RWY. FIRST LDG OF TYPE ACFT ON SHORT WET RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N732PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Renton

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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