# NTSB SEA72AS009: Stinson 108-2, N890D, Port Angeles, WA, September 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1971
- Place: Port Angeles, WA · PORT ANGELES, WA
- Location: 48.1192° N, 123.4481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Angeles, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1192&lon=-123.4481&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1478   71/9/3  NR.PORT ANGELES,WASH  STINSON 108-2       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2000
        TIME - 1800                    N890D               PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         PORT ANGELES,WASH           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- UNKN WHO AT CTLS.PERSONS AT ARPT SAID BOTH DRUNKT. PAX BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.229 PCT. PLT,ACFT NOT RCVRD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N890D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N890D-1971-10-26), registration cancelled 1971-10-26, S/N 108-2890 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-2
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (registry code 9230406) (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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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