- Date
- August 27, 1982, 19:27 local (Aug 28, 1982, 02:27 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19820827044471A19820827044472A
- Case key
- 69841
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
N1338J experienced a brake line failure and taxied into Piper PA-28, N8316A, that was parked in the warm-up area. There were no injuries.
N8316A a Piper PA-28 was parked in the runup area when the brake line on N1338J a rockwell 112A failed. N1338J taxied into N8316A, causing substantial damage to the empennage of N8316A.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N8316A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116114
- Airframe hours
- 1,106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Auburn Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Werner R. Wulff
- Departed
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Destination
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Airport
- S50 · Auburn Municipal, runway 34, 2,900 × 0 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N1338J
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 338
- Airframe hours
- 1,604
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bud D. Nelson
- Registered owner
- Bud D. Nelson
- Departed
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Destination
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Airport
- S50 · Auburn Municipal, runway 34, 2,900 × 0 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N8316A
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 381 total · 51 in this make and model · 269 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N1338J
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 600 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.