# Accident 19810808047929A: Ryan ST3KR, Shelton, WA, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 20:35 local time
- Place: Shelton, WA
- Airport: Sanderson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2336° N, 123.1476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDERSON FLD (SHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2336&lon=-123.1476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56005, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56005-1996-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (registry code 7830502, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST3KR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808047929A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED DOING AEROBATICS OVER AIRPORT. DURING A TURN, AIRCRAFT INTERED SPIN AND SPUN INTO GROUND.

## 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 SEA81FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA051), Aug 8, 1981: Ryan Acft ST-3KR (N56005), Shelton, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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