airplane down

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:28 am

This evening's (12/6/04) TV news showed a plane on it's back at Spanaway (about 30 miles south of Seattle). It looked like either a ragwing 170, or more likely a 140. They didn't give any details, and I couldn't find anything about it on the internet yet. Anybody know anything about it?

Eric

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:23 am

Just saw the same report on the 11 oclock news. They commented that a bystander said the airplane may have a clipped a fence at the end of the runway when landing. The airplane went on it's back, but apparently noone was hurt.
The same sorta thing happened there to a Luscombe just about a year ago. I go into Spanaway once in a while, but I don't recall noticing anything particularly hazardous about the fences. Maybe they were both trying to land really short, and just overdid it?

Eric

N170BP · Post by **N170BP** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:48 am

I recall the same thing (there are fences on either end, but they're
not very tall). Must have been trying "real hard" to plant it
on the numbers and did an oopsie-daisy?

Glad to hear nobody was hurt.

PS: We will most likely recover the 185 at KRTN when
the NTSB & Cessna are done with it.

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:00 pm

Looked up the FAA accident report & the tail number. It was a 140, owned by a Ken Overbey from Buckley. Registration application's dated the end of October, so maybe low time in type was a factor?

Eric