# Accident 19810911058859A: Cessna 320D, Republic, WA, September 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1981, 11:55 local time
- Place: Republic, WA
- Airport: Ferry Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7182° N, 118.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FERRY COUNTY (R49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7182&lon=-118.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111NT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111NT-1982-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810911058859A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO WATER IN FUEL. STALLED IN SKIDDING FLAT TURN, TRYING TO AVOID RISING TERRAIN.

## 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 SEA81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA055), Sep 11, 1981: Cessna 320D (N111NT), Republic, WA, destroyed, 4 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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