Piper PA-28-140 accident near Everett, WA
On October 15, 2005, a Piper PA-28-140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Everett, WA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 15, 2005
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 47.887°N, 122.272°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051026X01728
Official records · SEA06FA007
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 15, 2005, at 0947 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N5FN, was destroyed due to impact with trees/terrain near Everett/Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field; PAE), Everett, Washington. The instrument rated private pilot and his two passengers were fatally injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight which had two Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Young Eagle participants on board. Event organizers said the airplane was scheduled to land at Paine Field to allow the two Young Eagle participants to exchange seats. After departure from Paine Field, the airplane was scheduled to return to Boeing Field (BOI); no flight plan had been filed. Event organizers said that the airplane departed Boeing Field at approximately 0925; the Air Traffic Control (ATC) controller said that the airplane was cleared to land at Paine Field at 0942. A pilot, flying behind the accident airplane, reported seeing the accident airplane enter the traffic pattern, at Paine Field, 200 to 300 feet below the Airport/Facility Directory requested pattern altitude of 1600 feet MSL. Video cameras, at Paine Field, show the airplane crossing the threshold of runway 16L, the right wing rising up, and the airplane touching down approximately 200 feet from the end of the runway. A black skid mark was found on the left side of runway 16L, another skid mark parallel to and 10 feet left of the first mark, started 20 feet later, in the grass. The two parallel marks veered l
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate airspeed during his aborted landing takeoff/climb which lead to a series of stall/mushes and subsequent impact with trees. Contributing factors were the pilot's loss of aircraft control during his initial landing approach and his immediate departure from the runway after touching down, his aborted landing attempt and subsequent impact with an airport sign, and the trees.
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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.
