- Date
- January 27, 1977
- Place
- Olympia, WA · OLYMPIA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6638FPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770127020219A
- Case key
- 157870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1608 77/1/27 OLYMPIA,WA PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1909 N6638F PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 34, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, 24 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,OR OLYMPIA,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND SMOKE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 32 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GRNDNG RODS ATOP CONTROL TWR. SMOKE OBSCURNG VISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6638F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olympia
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.