- Date
- September 3, 1983, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3525XMooney M20-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39767
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Ditching
Analysis
The plt stated he experienced a complete power loss while flying over puget sound at 700 ft. the acft sank & was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3525X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670062
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William W. Stephan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982
- Departed
- YVR · Vancouver
- Destination
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
N3525XRegistration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,104 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,004 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 12 nm away
Other investigations on N3525X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.