- Date
- August 3, 1978
- Place
- Ocean Shores, WA · OCEAN SHORES, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1843MCessna 337F
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780803028819A
- Case key
- 140173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2526 78/8/3 OCEAN SHORES,WA CESSNA 337F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 879 TIME - 2030 N1843M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN SHORES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OLYMPIA,WA OCEAN SHORES,WA PORT ANGELES,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REAR ENG QUIT,UNDET REASON. UNABLE CONT FLT,LND IN MUD FLATS. NO RECORD OF MULTI-ENG DUAL INSTRUCT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1843M
- Reported as
- Cessna 337F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean Shores
N1843MRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Cessna 337FAirframe modelCessna 337FEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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