# NTSB SEA88LA165: Latham Alco Coupe, N2936, Bremerton, WA, August 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1988, 18:35 local (Aug 28, 1988, 01:35 UTC)
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Coordinates: 47.539287, -122.580108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5393&lon=-122.5801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40876
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40876/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA165

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT HAD ABOUT 4 HRS EXP IN MAKE AND MODEL AND 116 HRS TOTAL PILOT TIME. FLEW 'ABOUT 2 HRS' ON 15 GALS FUEL AND WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LNDGS WHEN POWER WAS LOST. ACFT NOSED OVER DURING FORCED LNDG IN SOFT TERRAIN. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL ON BOARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2936](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2936-1998-03-17), registration cancelled 1998-03-17, S/N 671 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LATHAM ALCO COUPE
- Registry model: [Latham ALCO COUPE](https://openairdocs.org/model/latham-alco-coupe) (registry code 05611GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 671
- Airframe hours: 256
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David E. Slanker
- Registered owner: David E Slanker
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: OS8, PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Destination: PWT
- Airport: PWT, Bremerton Nat'L

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 116 total, 4 in this make and model, 51 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19880827035409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880827035409A), Aug 27, 1988: Amtrlm ALCOCOUPE, Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on local flight. Nosed over landing in a soft field short of the runway.

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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