# NTSB SEA82DA089: Piper PA-28-180, Roche Harbor, WA, June 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1982, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Roche Harbor, WA
- Coordinates: 48.529613, -123.059204 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5296&lon=-123.0592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA089

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON LANDING, BOUNCED AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT THEN GROUNDLOOPED AND WENT THROUGH THE AIRPORT FENCE. THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGLXJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-5104
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: James M. Fitzgibbons
- Registered owner: James M. Fitzgibbons
- Departed: WA09, BLAINE, WA
- Destination: GATE CITY, VA
- Airport: 9S1, Roche Harbor, runway 24, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 3,300 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

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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