Piper PA-30 accident near Everett, WA
On June 4, 1998, a Piper PA-30 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Everett, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: minor.
- Date
- June 4, 1998
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Minor
- Position
- 47.890°N, 122.250°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10421
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF ACCIDENT On June 3, 1998, approximately 1732 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N98NT, registered to and being operated by a commercial pilot, sustained minor damage when it collided with a parked/unoccupied Cessna 150G (N3290J) on the ramp at the Snohomish County (Paine) Field airport, Everett, Washington. The pilot of the PA-30, who was outside his aircraft at the time of the accident, was initially seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was to have been operated under 14CFR91, was believed to have been intended as a personal flight. Although no flight plan had been filed, the FAA inspector on site found a fuel slip within the aircraft indicating that a fuel load of 58.15 gallons of 100 low lead aviation fuel was loaded into the aircraft at 1503 hours earlier on the day of the accident. This was accomplished at the self-service fueling point at Flightline, a fixed base operator. There were no witnesses to the fueling, therefore, it is not known whether the pilot hot-fueled the aircraft or shut down the engines prior to the fueling. The accident site is not within visual line of site of the Paine Field tower. A pilot pre-flighting his Cessna at the north end of the row of parked aircraft on the ramp, noticed the Piper entangled with the Cessna with its left engine running, and the Piper pilot lying on the ground in the Piper's approximate 4:30 position. He rendered assistance to the pilot, who was conscious at the time and notified the tower of the event as well as the amputation of th
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's exiting the aircraft with both engines running to remove a wheel chock. A factor was the inadequate preflight of the aircraft (not removing the chock) prior to engine start.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
