Piper PA-34-200T accident near Seattle, Washington, February 5, 1983
On February 5, 1983 at about 3:01 pm local time, a Piper PA-34-200T, registered N2859M, was substantially damaged in an accident near Seattle, Washington (Boeing Field). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 5, 1983 · about 3:01 pm local time
- Place
- Seattle, Washington · Boeing Field · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34-200T · all PA-34-200Ts on the register
- Registration
- N2859M · no longer on the register · serial 34-7870097
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF. THE TIME WAS DAWN AND THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE ON. THE TAXIING PILOT ALLOWED HIS AIRCRAFT TO STRAY AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED PA-34. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 10 FEET CLOSER TO THE TAXIWAY THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF CONGESTION. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED CONDENSATION ON THE COCKPIT WINDOWS.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,181 hours in all; 320 in this make and model; 207 in the last 90 days; 59 in the last 30 days; 1,975 as pilot in command; 862 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,333 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, January 4, 1983; 107 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 4,570 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-360-E (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Airpac Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: BFI Seattle WA at 2:59 pm
- Destination: PSC Pasco WA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: dawn
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 30°F (-1°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:50 pm from BFI, 25 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N2859M the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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