# NTSB SEA84LA206: Donald E. Bradshaw Starduster TOO, Whidbey Island, WA, August 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1984, 18:15 local (Aug 19, 1984, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Whidbey Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.339534, -122.669288 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3395&lon=-122.6693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39994/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA206

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - water,glassy
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT WAS ENGAGED IN AEROBATICS BEFORE IT CONTACTED THE WATER AND WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGIPZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DONALD E. BRADSHAW STARDUSTER TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; 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

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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