- Date
- February 5, 1983, 07:01 local (15:01 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2859MPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830205056769A
- Case key
- 39599
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with another parked aircraft while taxiing to takeoff. The time was dawn and the taxiway lights were on. The taxiing pilot allowed his aircraft to stray and collided with a parked PA-34. Both aircraft were damaged substantially. The parked aircraft was about 10 feet closer to the taxiway than normal because of congestion. The pilot also reported condensation on the cockpit windows.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2859M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870097
- Airframe hours
- 2,333
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Airpac Airlines
- Registered owner
- George S. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 4, 1983 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,181 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,975 as pilot in command · 207 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2859M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.