# NTSB SEA79DYE15: Robertson P210N, N4797P, Port Townsend, WA, March 1, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 1, 1979
- Place: Port Townsend, WA · PORT TOWNSEND, WA
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 31, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA79DYE15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE15

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4797P-1983-02-23), registration cancelled 1983-02-23, S/N P21000111 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERTSON P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790301014169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790301014169A), Mar 1, 1979: Cessna P210N, Port Townsend, WA, Destroyed. Test pilot put acft into spin, would not recover. Pilot bailed out, landed in water and drowned.

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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