# NTSB SEA66A0047: Travel Air S6000B, N9842, Ellensburg, WA, March 4, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 4, 1966
- Place: Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Location: 47.0001° N, 120.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellensburg, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0001&lon=-120.5495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174183
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0047

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0292   66/3/4    ELLENSBURG WASH     TRAVEL AIR S6000B   CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 254
        TIME - 1510                    N9842               PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9842](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9842), registered now, S/N 1036, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRAVEL AIR S6000B
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-s-6000-b) (registry code 2621904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright 975 A B D&E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-975-a-b-d-e) (registry code 67012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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