# NTSB SEA84LA236: Piper PA-28-180, N9701J, Darrington, WA, September 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1984, 16:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Darrington, WA
- Coordinates: 48.190212, -121.209747 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1902&lon=-121.2097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40017/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA236

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWYS END INTO A TREE STUMP AND BRUSH DURING LANDING. THE PLT SAID HE LANDED WITH EXCESS SPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE PLT RECOMMENDED THAT A GO-AROUND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9701J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9701J-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 283890 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-3890
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: S19, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA
- Destination: 1S2, DARRINGTON, WA
- Airport: 1S2, Darrington Municipal, runway 23, 3,200 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 79 total, 4 in this make and model, 57 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19840928069239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840928069239A), Sep 28, 1984: Piper PA28180, Darrington, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot made landing with excessive speed and aircraft crashed into scrub brush and a tree stump off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N9701J (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 UNK69X0112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK69X0112), Mar 22, 1969: Piper PA-28 (N9701J), Dominican Republc, DR, substantial damage

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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