# NTSB SEA80FYP20: Page RV-3, N8385, Prosser, WA, April 26, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 26, 1980
- Place: Prosser, WA · PROSSER, WA
- Location: 46.2090° N, 119.7678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prosser, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2090&lon=-119.7678&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80FYP20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1520  80/4/26  NR.PROSSER,WA         PAGE RV-3           CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0915                    N8385               PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      AGE 36, 780 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          YAKIMA,WA                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8385 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PAGE RV-3
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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