# Accident 19780918026909A: Univar 1083, Neah Bay, WA, September 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1978
- Place: Neah Bay, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 48.3610° N, 124.6116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neah Bay, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3610&lon=-124.6116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4100C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4100C-1980-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-3 (registry code 9230408, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1083
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780918026909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT SANK IN OCEAN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA78FYE36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE36), Sep 18, 1978: Stinson 108-3 (N4100C), Neah Bay, WA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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