- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- Shelton, WA · SHELTON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56005Ryan Acft ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808047929A
- Case key
- 125046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1592 81/8/8 SHELTON,WA RYAN ACFT ST-3KR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35, TIME - 2035 N56005 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 650 TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.08 GM PCT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56005
- Reported as
- Ryan Acft ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sanderson
N56005Registration cancelled Nov 27, 1996 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
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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.