# Accident 19980914024039A: Univar 1081, Spray, OR, September 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1998, 14:15 local time
- Place: Spray, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7703° N, 119.8999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7703&lon=-119.8999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8666K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8666K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Universal Stinson 108-1 (registry code 9230414, https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1081
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 115 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980914024039A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AND EMERGENCY LANDING, THE ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES BEFORE LANDING. (-23)ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1998, AT APPROX. 1405 PDT, MR. TOM BUCE, OWNER AND PILOT OF N8666K, DEPARTED LANDS INN AIRPORT (44'36"N 199'34"W) ENROUTE TO SPRAY, OREGON (44'39"N 119'47.5"N) TO ATTEND A FUNERAL.  DURING DESCENT TO LAND IN SPRAY, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FIELD THAT HE NORMALLY USED FOR LANDING HAD RECENTLY BEEN PLOWED.  HE SELECTED AN ALTERNATE AIRFIELD, WHICH HAD POWER LINES ACROSS THE APPROACH END.  PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME FIXATED AND STRUCK THE POWER LINES, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND CRASHED IN THE FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 SEA98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA177), Sep 14, 1998: Stinson 108-1 (N8666K), Spray, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power, and the pilot's subsequent misjudgment of clearance with a transmission wire during a precautionary landing approach. The reason for the power loss was not determined;…

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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