Capes MURPHY MOOSE accident near Marysville, WA
On August 15, 2019, a Capes MURPHY MOOSE (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marysville, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 15, 2019
- Place
- Marysville, WA
- Aircraft
- Capes MURPHY MOOSE · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.140°N, 122.157°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190814X24705
Official records · WPR19FA219
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Air Traffic Control - Attachment 1 - FAA Radar Data: Document (GZ), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 14, 2019, about 1853 Pacific daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Murphy Moose, N525SG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Marysville, Washington and south of the Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO), Arlington, Washington. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness at the pilot’s departure airport reported that the day before the accident, he saw the pilot conducting high-speed taxi tests on the runway and that it did not sound like the engine was running “well.” On the day of the accident, he saw the airplane take off and that it appeared normal but that he saw black smoke emitting from the engine exhaust. Several witnesses in the vicinity of the accident site reported seeing the airplane flying at a low altitude and banking left before it descended nose down to the ground. One of these witnesses stated that the airplane appeared to be “out of control,” and another one of these witnesses reported that the airplane was descending “at a dangerous speed.” Three witnesses reported hearing the engine “pop loudly then rev high,” “was loud and sounded like it was possibly overrevving,” and “missing or puttering.” Two witnesses reported seeing another airplane near the accident airplane. One witness reported that the other airplane was slightly ahead of and above the accident airplane and that the airplanes were “unusually close.” The other witness reported that he saw the accident airplane banking left and it looked like it was going to
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance while turning to final approach to avoid a collision with another airplane flying a straight in approach to the same runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilots of both airplanes failure to adequately monitor the airport environment.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
