- Date
- August 18, 1984, 18:15 local (Aug 19, 1984, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Whidbey Island, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- CGIPZDonald E. Bradshaw Starduster TOO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39994
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Judgment - poorCause
Terrain condition - water,glassy
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
Witnesses stated the acft was engaged in aerobatics before it contacted the water and was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGIPZ
- Reported as
- Donald E. Bradshaw Starduster TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Bradshaw
- Departed
- Point Medows,Bc
- Airport
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 76S, 2 nm away