Type of Event | Accident |
Event Date | 11/8/2001 |
Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
Time of Event | 1615 |
Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
Event City | Eatonville |
Event State | WASHINGTON |
Event Country | -- |
Zipcode of the event site | 98328 |
Event Date Year | 2001 |
Event Date Month | 11 |
MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
Event Location Latitude | 465031N |
Event Location Longitude | 1221440W |
Event Location Airport | -- |
Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
Airport Elevation | -- |
Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
Time of the weather observation | 1555 Pacific Standard Time |
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 300 |
Weather Observation Facility ID | KTCM |
Elevation of weather observation facility | 323 |
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 20 |
Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
Lighting Conditions | Day |
Lowest Ceiling Height | 25000 |
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 15000 |
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 11 |
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 4 |
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 140 |
Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.23 |
Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
METAR weather report | -- |
Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
Injury Total Minor | -- |
Injury Total None | -- |
Injury Total Serious | -- |
Injury Total All | 1 |
Investigating Agency | NTSB |
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 12699 |
NTSB Notification Source | FAA SEA ROC |
NTSB Notification Date | Nov 8 2001 12:00AM |
NTSB Notification Time | 1650 |
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
Date of most recent change to record | Feb 25 2003 9:38AM |
User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
FAA District Office | Renton FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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Aircraft #1 |
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Aircraft Registration Number | N3VT |
NTSB Number | SEA02LA012 |
Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
Damage | Substantial |
Aircraft Fire | None |
Aircraft Explosion | None |
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Thurston |
Aircraft Model | Pitts S-1S |
Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
Aircraft Serial Number | 7-0164 |
Certified Max Gross Weight | 1150 |
Aircraft Category | Airplane |
Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
Flight Crew Seats | -- |
Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
Passenger Seats | -- |
Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
Number of Engines | 1 |
Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Conditional |
Date of Last Inspection | Sep 6 2001 12:00AM |
Airframe hours since last inspection | 20 |
Airframe Hours | 964 |
ELT Installed | No |
ELT Activated | No |
ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
ELT Type | -- |
Aircraft Owner Name | Taylor, Michael L. |
Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
Aircraft Owner City | Federal Way |
Aircraft Owner State | WA |
Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98003 |
Operator is an individual? | No |
Operator Name | -- |
Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
Operator Street Address | -- |
Operator City | -- |
Operator State | -- |
Operator Country | -- |
Operator Zip code | -- |
Operator Code | -- |
Owner has at least one certificate | None |
Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
Operator Certificate Number | -- |
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
Second Pilot on Board | No |
Departure Point Same as Event | No |
Departure Airport Code | 1S0 |
Departure City | Puyallup |
Departure State | WA |
Departure Country | USA |
Departure Time | 1555 |
Departure Time Zone | PST |
Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
Destination Airport Code | -- |
Destination City | -- |
Destination State | -- |
Destination Country | -- |
Specific Phase of Flight | Descent - uncontrolled |
Report sent to ICAO? | No |
Evacuation occurred | No |
Date of most recent change to record | Sep 23 2002 7:15PM |
User who most recently changed record | STAM |
Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
Runway Length | -- |
Runway Width | -- |
Sight Seeing flight | No |
Air Medical Flight | No |
Medical Flight | -- |