# Accident 20240608012429A: David Fisher MURPHY MOOSE, Ocean Shores, WA, June 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2024, 16:14 local time
- Place: Ocean Shores, WA
- Airport: Ocean Shores Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9991° N, 124.1403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9991&lon=-124.1403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9695W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9695W-2026-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David Fisher MURPHY MOOSE (registry code 05641JG, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-fisher-murphy-moose) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID FISHER MURPHY MOOSE
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240608012429A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2024, ABOUT 1614 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT, MURPHY MOOSE AIRCRAFT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR OCEAN SHORES, WASHINGTON. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DUE TO HIS INJURIES, HE DID NOT RECALL ANY EVENTS OF THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR THE ACCIDENT LOCATION REPORTED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE

APPROACH RUNWAY 33 FROM THE SOUTH, TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THEN TOOK OFF AGAIN TO THE NORTH. THE WITNESSES STATED THAT SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRPLANE BANKED TO THE RIGHT AND

DESCENDED TO THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 150 FT EAST OF RUNWAY 33, AT THE OCEAN SHORES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (W04) OCEAN SHORES, WASHINGTON. THE FUSELAGE AND BOTH WINGS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION AT BOWERMAN AIRPORT, HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON, LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT, ABOUT 21 MINUTES BEFORE THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WIND WAS FROM 260° AT 15 KNOTS, AND ABOUT 39 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WIND FROM 270° AT 9 KNOTS. WITNESSES LOCATED AT W04, REPORTED THAT IT WAS A “WINDY DAY” AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR24LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA188), Jun 8, 2024: David Fisher Murphy Moose (N9695W), Ocean Shores, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s hard, bounced landing, subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed, and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic…

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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