# NTSB SEA84FU002: Sorrell SNS-8, Wenatchee, WA, June 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1984, 18:00 local (Jun 19, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Coordinates: 47.370292, -120.350082 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3703&lon=-120.3501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FU002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39831/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FU002

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ULTRALIGHT DOVE INTO THE GROUND FROM 200 FT AGL WITH FULL POWER ON. THE PLT HAD COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND WAS UNDER MEDICATION FOR DYSPEPSIA. SOME OF THE MEDICINE WAS FOUND IN THE OPERATORS AUTO. NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OF ACFT OR PLT IMPAIRMENT WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Sorrell SNS-8
- Category: Ultralight
- Serial number: 8
- Airframe hours: 50
- Engines: ROTAX GMBH-277 28 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 103
- Registered owner: Bert S. Forde
- Airport: 38WA, Fancher, runway 29, 3,350 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 60 total, 10 in this make and model, 50 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAT, 4 nm away

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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