# Accident 20040531012689A: Univar 1082, Susanville, CA, May 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2004, 10:40 local time
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Airport: Spaulding Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6417° N, 120.7683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6417&lon=-120.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9816K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9816K-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4165B3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 700 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040531012689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STINSON 108-2, N9816K, TOOK OFF FROM SPAULDING AIRPORT (1Q2) RUNWAY 16 AND IMPACTED A SMALL TREE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS BEYOND THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY, ABOUT 120 YARDS TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE PILOT REPORTING OVER THE RADIO THAT HE HAD LEFT THE OIL CAP OFF. ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT THEN RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF AND STRUCK THE GROUND. OIL CAP WAS MISSING FROM THE ENGINE AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED. PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT, BUT THAT HIS PAST EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATED THAT A LOSS OF OIL CAP ON TAKEOFF DOES NOT COMPROMISE VISIBILITY.

## 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 LAX04LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA225), May 31, 2004: Stinson 108-2 (N9816K), Susanville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to perform a proper preflight inspection of the airplane and ensure that the oil cap was secured, which resulted in a descent into terrain due to his obstructed view out of the…

## Other reports on N9816K (1)

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

- [Incident 19990827025279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827025279I), Aug 27, 1999: Univar 1082 (N9816K), Twenty Nine Pal, CA. Aircraft departed fresno, CA with fuel tanks full. Fuel quantity indicator was operating erratic during flight. Pilot conducted an emergency landing on a road…

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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