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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Stinson 108-1 · Mayo, FL · September 30, 2018

Date
September 30, 2018 · 10:53 local
Place
Mayo, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8599K
Reported as
Stinson 108-1
Reported engine
Franklin 6A4150 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total1,200 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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.

On September 30, 2018, at 1053 EST a 1947 Stinson, model 108-1, N8599K that is registered to privacy data omitted, had an engine power problem during cruise flight and the engine lost power. The pilot landed the aircraft in a cow pasture at Mayo, Florida. The pilot?s final destination was quincy, FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The pilot stated at 1:15 minutes into the flight, the engine coughed and started to run rough and engine oil began to cover the windscreen. At the time of the incident, the aircraft was at 4500MSL, so the pilot reduced power and started to look for a landing area. The pilot had an uneventful landing in a cow pasture. The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at spruce key airport on September 30, 2018.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018, AT 1053 EST A 1947 STINSON, MODEL 108-1, N8599K THAT IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD AN ENGINE POWER PROBLEM DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A COW PASTURE AT MAYO, FLORIDA. THE PILOT?S FINAL DESTINATION WAS QUINCY, FL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PILOT STATED AT 1:15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE COUGHED AND STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND ENGINE OIL BEGAN TO COVER THE WINDSCREEN. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 4500MSL, SO THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND STARTED TO LOOK FOR A LANDING AREA. THE PILOT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN A COW PASTURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SPRUCE KEY AIRPORT ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018.