- Date
- January 6, 1974
- Place
- Bremerton, WA · BREMERTON, WA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4162WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740106000059A
- Case key
- 187288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 74/1/6 BREMERTON,WASH PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 2215 TIME - 0700 N4162W PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KITSAP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREMERTON,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION REMARKS- WINDSHIELD FOGGED.MISSED TURN IN TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4162W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kitsap
N4162WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.