- Date
- July 26, 1980
- Place
- Kelso, WA · KELSO, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7141Coot B
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800726033189A
- Case key
- 129208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2621 80/7/26 NR.KELSO,WA COOT B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 527 TIME - 1611 N7141 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 KELSO,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: OTHER AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- R WING STRUCK UNK OBJECT,THEN SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7141
- Reported as
- Coot B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7141Registration cancelled Dec 24, 2014 · Coot BAirframe modelCoot BEngine modelFranklin 6A&6V335 series
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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.