- Date
- September 2, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Paulsbo, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9410LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820902045879A
- Case key
- 72171
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Analysis
After demonstrating a practice forced landing approach, a climb was started. Short thereafter, the engine lost power and an actual forced landing was made in a wooded area. The aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair when it struck trees during the landing. Only a small amount of residual fuel was found in the left wing tank. The right wing tank was ruptured by impact forces. No fuel was found in the engine lines or carburetor. The pilot stated that after the engine lost power, he changed the fuel selector from the right tank to the left tank. He stated that about five minutes prior to the power loss, the right fuel gauge indicated the tank was about 1/4 full.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9410L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-1A-0210
- Airframe hours
- 1,806
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles M. Woods
- Registered owner
- Charles M. Woods
- Departed
- TIW · Tacoma, WA
- Destination
- PAE · Everett, WA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 220 in this make and model · 2,300 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.