- Date
- August 6, 1983, 17:05 local (Aug 7, 1983, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Shelton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CFACVPietonpol-Imrie Aircamper
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39624
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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.
Analysis
The home built acft was manufactured in 1975 & was built in Canada from the 1930 pietenpol aircamper design. The plt had flown the canadian registered acft to an antique fly-in. Traffic at the arpt required that only rwy 35 could be used. The plt waited from 1400 to 1700 PDT, for the wind to decrease, before taking off. Reportedly, he followed the posted left hand traffic pattern which took him over hills where he encountered turbulence & a down draft. Subsequently, the acft stalled & crashed in a steep descent. An examination of the engine revealed the spark plugs were carbon fouled with black, sooty deposits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFACV
- Reported as
- Pietonpol-Imrie Aircamper
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AFD-6870
- Airframe hours
- 180
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fredric N. Imrie
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- SHN · Sanderson Field, runway 35, 5,293 × 28 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,272 total · 110 in this make and model · 1,272 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg