Gregory R. Capes
Lake Stevens, Washington
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Des Moines, Washington
Aviation Accident Preliminary Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
https://registry.faa.gov/N525SG
Location: Marysville, WA
Accident Number: WPR19FA219
Date & Time: 08/14/2019, 1854 PDT
Registration: N525SG
Aircraft: CAPES MURPHY MOOSE
Injuries: 1 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
On August 14, 2019, about 1854 Pacific daylight time, an amateur built Murphy Moose, N525SG, impacted terrain about one mile south of the Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO), Arlington, Washington. The private pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage throughout. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the Frontier Airpark (WN53), Lake Stevens, Washington at about 1845.
Witnesses reported that they observed the airplane flying unusually low; it sounded like the engine was "misfiring" or "revving." The airplane banked sharply over a field; witnesses described the turn as "out of control" and "at a dangerous speed." One witness stated that the airplane appeared to be in a nosedive, during which, it sounded like the pilot added full power. Shortly thereafter, she saw a cloud of dust.
The airplane has been recovered to a secure location for further examination.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: CAPES
Registration: N525SG
Model/Series: MURPHY MOOSE
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: Yes
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: AWO, 142 ft msl
Observation Time: 1856 PDT
Distance from Accident Site: 1 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 24°C / 14°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 11 knots / , 310°
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 Miles
Altimeter Setting: 30.14 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Lake Stevens, WA (WN53)
Destination:
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 48.139722, -122.157500 (est)
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board investigation may contact them by email eyewitnessreport@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov.
August 15, 2019
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed the examination and confirmed the identification of the 64-year-old male who was the sole occupant in a single-engine aircraft collision in an open area near the intersection of 152nd Street NE and 51st Avenue NE in Marysville, WA on August 14, 2019. The decedent is Gregory R. Capes of Lake Stevens, WA. The cause of death is blunt force trauma. The manner of death is Accident. For further information, please contact the Marysville Police Department.
Greg Capes
Marysville Police say the single-engine plane went down around 7 p.m. along the 15700 block of 51st Ave, just about two miles from Arlington Municipal Airport.
The person who died was the only one on board the plane at the time of the crash, officials said. The aircraft could be seen strewn across a field, broken and shredded into multiple pieces.
The NTSB is investigating the crash and told Q13 News the airplane that crashed was experimental amateur-built.
Multiple witnesses on the ground said they saw the aircraft passing overhead at a low altitude.
“I live in the flight line and see a lot of planes every day,” said witness Cody Woodward. “I was sitting in my front yard and I heard the engine pop and rev high.”
“All of the sudden I heard a really loud sound,” said witness Melissa Frenzel. “It sounded like a loud lawn mower and I looked up and saw a really low plane. I was like, that was odd.”
The NTSB says a preliminary report could be released within a few days but a full report could take six months or up to two years to complete.
An official from the agency is urging anyone who witnessed the crash but has not yet to reached out to law enforcement to do so.
The aircraft's tail number and the identity of the pilot has not yet been released.
This crash marks the third small plane crash in western Washington this month.
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Not familiar with the engine type ... Eastern European?
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The Vedeneyev M14P is a Russian nine-cylinder, four-stroke, air-cooled, petrol-powered radial engine. Producing 360 hp (268 kW), its design dates from the 1940s (Kotelnikov 2005), and is itself a development of the Ivchenko AI-14 engine. The engine has been used extensively by the Yakovlev and Sukhoi Design Bureaus.
ReplyDeletePF is 400 hp version
ReplyDeleteThanks ... Most of our US engines originated in the 40's as well.
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