# NTSB SEA88LA002: Klien Avid Flyer, N819MK, Edwall, WA, October 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 7, 1987, 08:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: Edwall, WA
- Coordinates: 47.509414, -117.919242 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5094&lon=-117.9192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40746
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40746/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA002

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - stall warning system - not installed (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach

## Analysis

WHILE ON A VFR FINAL APCH FOR LNDG, THE PLT WAS WATCHING FOR PWR LINES WHICH HAD TO BE CLEARED & DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION FROM HIS AIRSPEED. AFTER CLEARING THE PWR LINES, THE ACFT STALLED & CRASHED ON A ROADWAY. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A STALL WARNING SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N819MK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N819MK-1994-08-09), registration cancelled 1994-08-09, S/N 155 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KLIEN AVID FLYER
- Registry model: [Klein Martin F AVID FLYER](https://openairdocs.org/model/klein-martin-f-avid-flyer) (registry code 05613LG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 155
- Airframe hours: 37
- Engines: ROTAX 532LC 60 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Martin F. Klein
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 24, 1987, 3 hours before
- Departed: EDWALL, WA
- Airport: Klein Airstrip, runway 20, 1,452 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 71 total, 34 in this make and model, 47 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19871007059089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871007059089A), Oct 7, 1987: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Edwall, WA, Destroyed. Stalled the homebuilt aircraft on final approach to the runway. Crashed on a road.

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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