- Date
- July 13, 1973
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5976PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730713021119A
- Case key
- 188991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2892 73/7/13 RENTON,WASH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 410 TIME - 1430 N5976P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED PSGR TO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON CONTROLS.CONST AREA ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5976P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renton Municipal
N5976PRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5976P · 1
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