# NTSB SEA77DYM47: Piper PA-28, N33346, Wakonda Beach, OR, July 21, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 21, 1977
- Place: Wakonda Beach, OR · WAKONDA BEACH, OR
- Location: 44.3879° N, 124.0887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wakonda Beach, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3879&lon=-124.0887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 145986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA77DYM47
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYM47

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2897  77/7/21    WAKONDA BEACH,OR    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1530                    N33346              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 24, 374 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            81 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAKONDA BEACH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUGENE,OR                   WAKONDA BEACH,OR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- UPHILL GRADIENT,GRASS SURFACE TKOF INTO WIND,ABORTED 600FT REMAINING,RAN OFF END.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N33346](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33346-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 28-7525175, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wakonda Beach

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19770721026029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770721026029A), Jul 21, 1977: Piper PA28140, Wakonda Beach, OR, Substantial damage. Uphill gradient,grass surface tkof into wind,aborted 600FT remaining,ran off end.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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