- Date
- October 18, 1973
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9026PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731018033449A
- Case key
- 188286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3178 73/10/18 RENTON,WASH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 223 TIME - 2003 N9026P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH RETURN RENTON,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ADDED PWR TOO LATE. OVER WATER APCH. GR HIT SEA WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9026P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renton Muni
N9026PRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2025 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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.
Other investigations on N9026P · 2
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