# NTSB SEA71FWA32: Starduster Stolp, N2502, Vancouver, WA, April 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 3, 1971
- Place: Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71FWA32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71FWA32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0333   71/4/3    VANCOUVER,WASH      STARDUSTER STOLP    CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 600
        TIME - 1500                    N2502               PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VANCOUVER,WASH              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- CAUSE OF PROP MALFUNCTN NOT DTRMD.OBS SAID SOUNDED LIKE IN HI PITCH.PLT CRASH LNDD TO AVOID HIWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2502 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STARDUSTER STOLP
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pearson

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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