- Date
- January 14, 1976
- Place
- Vashon, WA · VASHON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5144ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760114001919A
- Case key
- 152277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0215 76/1/14 VASHON,WA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N5144Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 45, 1286 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VASHON ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VASHON,WA EVERETT,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ARPT HAZARDOUS FOR NIGHT OPS. SPARSELY LTD AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5144Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vashon Island
N5144ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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