Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-140D N679FL

14 January 1985 · Kent, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 January 1985 at about 00:45 local time, a Piper PA-28-140D registered N679FL was involved in an accident near Kent, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Kent, Washington, United States
Coordinates
47.3998, -122.1900
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-140D
Registration
N679FL
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
SEA85FA043

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES AND THE TERRAIN APRX 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE ARPT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. WITNESSES STATED THE ENG WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND BLACK SMOKE WAS TRAILING FROM THE EXHAUST DURING THE TAKEOFF. EXAMINATION OF THE ENG REVEALED THE SPARK PLUGS WERE DARK AND SOOTY. NO MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS DISCLOSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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