Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Diamond Point Airstrip Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Sequim, Washington 98382
Tuesady, August 24, 2010 16:10 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
As the airplane approached the uncontrolled airport for landing, the pilot became distracted by two other airplanes in the traffic pattern and by a third airplane that entered the pattern in front of him. This resulted in the pilot extending the downwind leg of his traffic pattern and maintaining traffic pattern altitude until the final approach. A fourth airplane was in the run-up area preparing to depart, which the landing pilot also noted. As the pilot turned onto the final approach, he descended with full flaps. Just before the airplane touched down, the pilot observed that the airplane was low and slow, and he increased engine power. The airplane subsequently collided with upsloping terrain short of the runway, and then veered into the airplane that was standing in the run-up area.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper approach path and his delayed corrective actions, which resulted in an undershoot. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction from other aircraft in the area.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/24/2010 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1610 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Sequim |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98382 |
| Event Date Year | 2010 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | 480525N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1225528W |
| Event Location Airport | Diamond Point Airstrip |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 2WA1 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 262 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 290 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.06 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 29296 |
| NTSB Notification Source | Northwest Mountain FAA Comm Ct |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 21 2011 4:20PM |
| User who most recently changed record | andj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N5101L | N50464 |
| NTSB Number | WPR10LA427A | WPR10LA427B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Substantial | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-180 | 150J |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-4385 | 15069321 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2400 | 1600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Oct 22 2009 12:00AM | Feb 2 2010 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 8 | 5 |
| Airframe Hours | 2825 | 5475 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | RECH DENNIS W | RECH DENNIS W |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | OLYMPIA | OLYMPIA |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98501-3998 | 98501-3998 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Name | RECH DENNIS W | RECH DENNIS W |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- | -- |
| Operator City | OLYMPIA | OLYMPIA |
| Operator State | WA | WA |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 98501-3998 | 98501-3998 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | OLM | 2WA1 |
| Departure City | Olympia | Sequim |
| Departure State | WA | WA |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | 1530 | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | 2WA1 | 2WA1 |
| Destination City | Sequim | Sequim |
| Destination State | WA | WA |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 21 2011 4:15PM | Nov 22 2011 2:57PM |
| User who most recently changed record | andj | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 29 | 29 |
| Runway Length | 2335 | 2335 |
| Runway Width | 24 | 24 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |