- Date
- March 1, 1979
- Place
- Port Townsend, WA · PORT TOWNSEND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4797PRobertson P210N
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790301014169A
- Case key
- 137158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1635 79/3/1 NR.PORT TOWNSEND,WA ROBERTSON P210N CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 992 TIME - 1515 N4797P PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- SPIN CHUTE SEPARATED AFTER 7TH TURN OF SPIN TEST.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.PRESUME PILOT DROWNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4797P
- Reported as
- Robertson P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.