- Date
- August 30, 1970
- Place
- Bremerton, WA · BREMERTON, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 70/8/30 BREMERTON,WASH PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1305 N3774W PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 5429 TOTAL HOURS, 350 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KITSAP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREMERTON,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIT ACFT HOLDING W APRX 15FT INTO INT OF N/S TWY ABT 75FT WIDE.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 70/8/30 BREMERTON,WASH LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 227 TIME - 1305 N28480 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KITSAP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREMERTON,WASH CHEHALIS,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HOLDING W,APRX 15FT INTO INT OF N/S TWY ABT 75FT WIDE. N3774W TXG S HIT COWLING.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N28480
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kitsap
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N3774W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kitsap
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.