# NTSB SEA67A0001: Ryan ST-3KR, N50879, Beaverton, OR, July 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1966
- Place: Beaverton, OR · BEAVERTON, OR
- Location: 45.4781° N, 122.8171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaverton, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4781&lon=-122.8171&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171693
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67A0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67A0001

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0545   66/7/3    BEAVERTON OREG      RYAN ST-3KR         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 350
        TIME - 1600                    N50879              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BERNARD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SPIN DURING A FALLING-LEAF TYPE ACROBATIC MANEUVER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50879](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50879-2018-11-17), registration cancelled 2018-11-17, S/N 1735, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST-3KR
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (registry code 7830502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kinner R5 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (registry code 37504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bernard

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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