- Date
- February 9, 1974
- Place
- Ritzville, WA · RITZVILLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6012YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740209002639A
- Case key
- 186904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0419 74/2/9 NR.RITZVILLE,WASH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1315 N6012Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 49, 12750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 592 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TREE HARDT RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WASH RITZVILLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT RAVINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6012Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tree Hardt Ranch
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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.