Piper PA 28-140 accident near Brinnon, WA
On September 30, 2017, a Piper PA 28-140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brinnon, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 30, 2017
- Place
- Brinnon, WA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 28-140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 47.761°N, 122.936°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170930X11451
Official records · WPR17FA215
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Communications Audio Files (Shelf Item): Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Radar Altitude Plots: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Record of Communication (Foreflight): Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 29, 2017, about 2213 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N9549W, was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain near Brinnon, Washington (WA) during a night cross-country flight. The student pilot was seriously injured, and the flight instructor was fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by the Shelton Flight flying club as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity of the accident site about the time of the accident. The airplane had departed Jefferson County International Airport (0S9), Port Townsend, Washington, and was destined for its base and origination point of Sanderson Field Airport (SHN), Shelton, Washington when the accident occurred. The pilot who flew the airplane immediately prior to the accident pilots stated that he flew the airplane for about an hour, and that the airplane operated normally, with no irregularities or problems. That pilot topped off the fuel tanks, and then turned the airplane over to the accident pilots about 2015. The flight was the student pilot's first night flight, and was to consist of three legs, with full-stop landings at each of the two intermediate airports. The accident pilots did not file a flight plan for any of the legs but were in radio communication with air traffic control (ATC) for the first leg and the first part of the second leg. The trip originated when the airplane departed SHN about 2050. The pilots requested and received visual flight rules (VFR) flight following services by
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to completely and properly evaluate the student pilot's incorrectly- planned flight, and his failure to use all available resources to maintain situation awareness during the flight, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
