# Incident 19970807026669I: Stnson V77, Salmon, ID, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 09:35 local time
- Place: Salmon, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1744° N, 113.8948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salmon, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1744&lon=-113.8948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69357, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson VULTEE V-77 (registry code 8631802, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-vultee-v-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680-4P-B4 (registry code 41542, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680-4p-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STNSON V77
- Reported engine: LYC R680B4B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 80 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807026669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT SMELLED AND SAW OIL SMOKE THEN CYLINDER PARTS BLEW THROUGH COWLING WHILE PILOT WAS SETTING UP FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON LANDING AND ROLL OUT, AIRCRAFT HIT A LARGE ROCK AND SHEARED OFF LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE NOSE AND WING TIP.

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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