Champion 8KCAB N33MJ

5 October 1980 · Lester, Washington, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 5 October 1980 at about 16:30 local time, a Champion 8KCAB registered N33MJ was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lester, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 October 1980 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Lester, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Lester State Emer
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Champion 8KCAB
Registration: N33MJ
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Ruyallup, Wa → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3017

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MTN PASS STRIP. GUSTING TO 15K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3017, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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