- Date
- March 12, 1989, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Seabeck, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3576WPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40986
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Probable cause
A fatigue failure of the engine crankshaft. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable landing area.
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.
Analysis
The plt made a forced landing on a rocky beach after the engine lost power during cruise flt over water. The left landing gear collapsed during the landing. Investigation revealed that crankshaft suffered a fatigue failure at 298 hours since overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3576W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-458
- Airframe hours
- 3,948
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carol L. Davenport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1989 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- WN41 · Sequim Valley, WA
- Destination
- PWT · Bremerton, WA
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 534 total · 9 in this make and model · 463 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 25 nm away
Other investigations on N3576W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.