# Accident 20131227025839A: Stinson 108-1, Lodi, CA, December 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2013, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1489° N, 121.0797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1489&lon=-121.0797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8848K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8848K-2015-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-1 (registry code 9230404, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-1
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,181 total, 500 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131227025839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) FUELED UP AT MEDESTO AIRPORT (30 GALLONS) AND TOOK OFF FROM MEDESTO AIRPORT TO LODI AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE LODI AIRPORT.  PIC TOOK OFF FROM THE LODI AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.  WITHIN 12 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PIC EXPERIENCED NOISE COMING FROM THE TACHOMETER AND THEN THE TACHOMETER STOPPED. HE SCANED THE INSTRUMENTS, THERE WAS OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE TEMPERATURE WAS GOOD. PIC THEN STARTED TO LOSE POWER, HE THEN TURNED TO HIS HOUSE WHILE AT CRUISE.  THE PIC SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND PRIMED THE ENGINE, ENGINE STARTED TO RUN BETTER AT FULL POWER. WITHIN MINUTES THE ENGINE WAS BARELY RUNNIG, HE PUSHED THE PRIMER AND THE ENGINE GOT BETTER, THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING RUFF AND WAS SHAKING.  JUST AFTER THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. BOTH HE AND HIS PASSENGER OPENED BOTH DOORS AND TURNED TOWARDS AN OPEN FIELD TO DEAD STICK THE AIRCRAFT IN FOR A SAFE LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER THE FENCE AND HIT THE GROUND, PIC HELD THE STICK BACK AND WENT DOWN THE HILL AT APPROXIMATLY 60 TO 70 MPH.  AT THE BOTTON THE HILL THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A DITCH THAT CAUSED THE AICRAFT TO NOSE OVER LANDING UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 WPR14LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA079), Dec 27, 2013: Stinson 108 1 (N8848K), Lodi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the crankshaft, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing.

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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