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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpl Aircamper · Shelton, WA · August 6, 1983

Date
August 6, 1983 · 17:05 local
Place
Shelton, WA
Airport
Sanderson
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CFACV
Reported as
Amtrpl Aircamper
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,272 total110 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After downwind takeoff pilot claims he was caught in downdraft which caused crash into trees.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DOWNWIND TAKEOFF PILOT CLAIMS HE WAS CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT WHICH CAUSED CRASH INTO TREES.