# NTSB SEA83LA017: Froehlich M-II, N33RF, Everett, WA, November 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 7, 1982, 17:30 local (Nov 8, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Everett, WA
- Coordinates: 47.980747, -122.199668 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9807&lon=-122.1997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70634/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA017

## Analysis

PILOT ACTING AS SAFETY PILOT FOR A FRIEND IN FORMATION UNDER THE HOOD IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. HE NOTICED HIS FUEL WAS LOW, CALLED HIS FRIEND AND HEADED FOR HOME. WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT 2 MILES FROM PAINE FIELD HE DITCHED. THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N33RF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33RF-2014-09-29), registration cancelled 2014-09-29, S/N F351, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FROEHLICH M-II
- Registry model: [Froehlich MUSTANG II/M-II](https://openairdocs.org/model/froehlich-mustang-ii-m-ii) (registry code 0562778) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: F351
- Airframe hours: 6
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-G 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lawrence W. Kemmerling
- Registered owner: Lawrence W. Kemmerling
- Departed: C, BELLINGHAM, WA
- Destination: C, SEATTLE, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, unknown; flight hours: 1,260 total, 480 in this make and model, 119 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 117 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19821107057039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821107057039A), Nov 7, 1982: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Everett, WA, Destroyed. Aircraft ditched in puget sound after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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