# NTSB SEA80DYE47: Coot B, N7141, Kelso, WA, July 26, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 26, 1980
- Place: Kelso, WA · KELSO, WA
- Location: 46.1168° N, 122.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kelso, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1168&lon=-122.8865&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80DYE47
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE47

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7141-2014-12-24), registration cancelled 2014-12-24, S/N 1, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COOT B
- Registry model: [Coot B](https://openairdocs.org/model/coot-b) (registry code 05601GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A&6V335 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (registry code 27020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- 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 19800726033189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800726033189A), Jul 26, 1980: Amtr B, Kelso, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Evidence shows amphibians wing was damaged by some object in the air or in takeoff. Wing then failed in flight.

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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