# Accident 19840908050839A: Univar 108, Hayes River, AK, September 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1984, 13:55 local time
- Place: Hayes River, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6660M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6660M-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-3 (registry code 9230408, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4165 series (registry code 27025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,632 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908050839A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENTLY STRUCK A GRAVEL BAR WHILE FLYING AT 5 FEET ABOVE A RIVER GAME SPOTTING. AIRCRAFT EXPLODED AND BURNED.

## 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 ANC84FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA169), Sep 9, 1984: Stinson 108 (N6660M), Hayes River, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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