# Accident 19810714040889A: Univar 1082, Huntsville, AL, July 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1981, 09:37 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: South Huntsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9388K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9388K-1984-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 112 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714040889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRE ERUPTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DURING RUNUP AT END OF RUNWAY.  FOUND BROKEN FUEL GASCULATOR FITTING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81FKJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ23), Jul 14, 1981: Stinson 108-2 (N9388K), Huntsville, AL, destroyed

## Other reports on N9388K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760730022399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730022399A), Jul 30, 1976: Univar 1082 (N9388K), MO, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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