- Date
- November 27, 1987, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tacoma, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19871127080472A19871127080471A
- Case key
- 40763
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
The Cessna was at the runup area for runway 35 preparing to do his runup. Three pitts aircraft were taxiing abreast of each other, when one of the pitts's propeller struck the right wingtip of the Cessna causing substantial damage to the Cessna and minor damage to the pitts.
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
- N9134H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265964
- Airframe hours
- 4,307
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Snow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986
- Destination
- HQM · Hoquiam, WA
- Airport
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows
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
- N526DP
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2206
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Wilcox
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987
- Airport
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows
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 N9134H
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 144 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N526DP
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 11,440 total · 502 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIW
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.