- Date
- June 28, 1970
- Place
- Shaw Island, WA · SHAW ISLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31210Commonwlth 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1236 70/6/28 SHAW ISLAND,WASH COMMONWLTH 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 616 TIME - 1032 N31210 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOWLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EASTSOUND,WASH SHAW ISLAND,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED GO AROUND FROM ONE WAY STRIP,UPSLOPE TO 100 FT BANK AND TREES AT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31210
- Reported as
- Commonwlth 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fowler
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