# Accident 19830821042999A: Lkheed 18LEARSTAR, Silvana, WA, August 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1983, 18:30 local time
- Place: Silvana, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7471° N, 121.4323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7471&lon=-121.4323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LEARSTAR
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA83AA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830821042999A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SPUN WHEN PARACHUTE JUMPERS MOVED TO REAR FOR EXIT. IMPROPER FLIGHT PROCEDURES WERE USED.

## 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 DCA83AA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA036), Aug 22, 1983: Lockheed Learstar, L-18-56 (N116CA), Silvana, WA, destroyed, 11 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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