- Date
- August 7, 1966
- Place
- Pt.Townsend, WA · PT.TOWNSEND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N37236Interstate S-1A
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122497
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0835 66/8/7 PT.TOWNSEND WASH INTERSTATE S-1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 148 TIME - 1535 N37236 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAY GUISTI STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ON TAKEOFF CLIMB,SCREWDRIVER FELL FROM UNAUTH STORAGE AREA,PILOT DUCKED TO AVOID TOOL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37236
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ray Guisti Strip
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