- Date
- April 27, 1971
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6278KRepublic RC-3-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1431 71/4/27 RENTON,WASH REPUBLIC RC-3-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 169 TIME - 0920 N6278K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE SAMMAMISH,WASH RENTON,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6278K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renton
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