20051206029149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stnson V77 · Winterhaven, CA · December 6, 2005

Date: December 6, 2005 · 15:30 local
Place: Winterhaven, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1942A
Reported as: Stnson V77
Reported engine: Lycoming R68013
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total5,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N1942ARegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2008 · Stinson VULTEE V-77S/N 77-156 · Built 1942 Airframe modelStinson VULTEE V-77 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On December 06, 2005, at approximately 1530 PST, the pilot privacy data omitted was in the cruise portion of flight in N1942A, a Stinson model V77 aircraft, when the Lycoming model R680 engine seized. The pilot privacy data omitted made a successful off airport landing on a dirt road approximately 3 1/2 miles north of Winterhaven, CA. The aircraft received minor damage to one of the wings when it struck a tall bush. The pilot privacy data omitted and wife, his only passenger, were not injured. No fire resulted. The pilot privacy data omitted indicated that the engine totally seized.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 06, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 PST, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS IN THE CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT IN N1942A, A STINSON MODEL V77 AIRCRAFT, WHEN THE LYCOMING MODEL R680 ENGINE SEIZED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES NORTH OF WINTERHAVEN, CA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE WINGS WHEN IT STRUCK A TALL BUSH. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ AND WIFE, HIS ONLY PASSENGER, WERE NOT INJURED. NO FIRE RESULTED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE TOTALLY SEIZED.