# NTSB SEA83FA054: Piper PA-34-200T, N2859M, Seattle, WA, February 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 5, 1983, 07:01 local (15:01 UTC)
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Coordinates: 47.540378, -122.310562 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5404&lon=-122.3106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39599
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83FA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39599/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA054

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - temperature extremes (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy) (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - congested (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2859M-1992-11-10), registration cancelled 1992-11-10, S/N 347870097 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7870097
- Airframe hours: 2333
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830205056769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830205056769A), Feb 5, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Taxiing aircraft collided with parked aircraft during taxi for takeoff. Condensation on windshield cut visibility.

## Other investigations on N2859M (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA91FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA099), May 7, 1991: Piper PA-34-200T (N2859M), Ravensdale, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRPLANE AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT EXCEEDING THE SPEED AND STRESS LIMITS FOR THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY LOADING THAT…

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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