The National Transportation Safety Board has added the Hood Canal plane crash to its online database.
The NTSB’s report states that “an amateur built experimental Alexander RV7 airplane, N747BA, impacted the water of the Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airline transport rated pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, is missing and is presumed to be fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The local flight originated from the Tacoma Narrows airport, Gig Harbor, Washington, at 1235.
“Witnesses located near the accident site reported hearing an airplane fly over their position and the engine sounded erratic. One witness reported that when she looked up, she saw a 3 to 4 foot portions of the airplane separate before it descended below a tree line out of her view. Additional witnesses reported observing debris and oil slick about one-half mile from the eastern shoreline of Hood Canal.”
