# Accident 19820611022639A: Wing D1WING, Catalina Island, CA, June 11, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1982, 12:59 local time
- Place: Catalina Island, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of CATALINA (AVX), within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8601M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8601M-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wing D-1 (registry code 9690302, https://openairdocs.org/model/wing-d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WING D1WING
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820611022639A

## Narrative

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

MISSING AIRCRAFT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WAS LAST SEEN ON RADAR 6 MILES EAST OF CATALINA ISLAND.

## 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 LAX82DAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DAMS1), Jun 11, 1982: Wing D-1 (N8601M), Catalina Island, CA, 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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