- Date
- December 30, 1977
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7089CPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771230038609A
- Case key
- 143942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4075 77/12/30 WENATCHEE,WA PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2285 TIME - 1436 N7089C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 187 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA WENATCHEE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- VERT & HORIZ STABS,WINGS SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7089C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pangborn
N7089CRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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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.