# NTSB SEA66A0019: Smith Mini DSA-1, N93139, Puyallup, WA, September 6, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 6, 1965
- Place: Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Location: 47.1790° N, 122.2915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Puyallup, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1790&lon=-122.2915&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0793   65/9/6    PUYALLUP,WASH       SMITH MINI DSA-1    CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0902                    N93139              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  39, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, 65
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PILOT PRACTICING FOR AIRSHOW-AIRCRAF WENT INTO SPIN AT LOW LEVEL-MANEUVER AT TIME NOT KNOWN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93139](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93139-1965-11-01), registration cancelled 1965-11-01, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH MINI DSA-1
- Registry model: [Morphew SMITH MINIPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/morphew-smith-miniplane) (registry code 83501HB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Thun Field

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.

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