- Date
- April 16, 1976
- Place
- Center Is, WA · CENTER IS, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7899PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760416009419A
- Case key
- 153365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0973 76/4/16 CENTER IS,WA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 480 TIME - 1930 N7899P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 241 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTER ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDMOND,WA CENTER IS,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- MARGINAL ARPT WITH DANGEROUS GO ARND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7899P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Center Island
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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.