NTSB Identification: SEA87LA040.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 32733.
Accident occurred Tuesday, December 30, 1986 in GATES, OR
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/10/1988
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32-300, registration: N4116R
Injuries: 4 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT NIGHT ON AN UNLIT GRASS AIRSTRIP. PRIOR TO REACHING THE AIRSTRIP THE PLT COLLIDED WITH AN APPLE TREE. BOTH WINGS WERE SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WENT INVERTED BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
UNSUITABLE TERRAIN OR TAKEOFF/LANDING/TAXI AREA..SELECTED..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
CLEARANCE..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
Contributing Factors
LIGHT CONDITION..DARK NIGHT
Contributing Factors
AIRPORT FACILITIES,RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS..INADEQUATE
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