# Accident 20200917019329A: Stinson 108-2, Newport, PA, September 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2020, 12:54 local time
- Place: Newport, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5194° N, 77.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5194&lon=-77.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N336C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N336C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4165 series (registry code 27025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-2
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200917019329A

## Narrative

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

ON 9-17-20 AT AROUND 12:15 LOCAL, A STINSON 108, NC336C LOST ENGINE POWER INFLIGHT NEAR NEWPORT, PA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE FORCED LANDING THAT FOLLOWED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  PILOT REPORTED SUDDEN ENGINE ROUGHNESS, CUTTING IN AND OUT DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT.  PILOT SWITCHED TANKS, TURNED ON CARB HEAT, CHECKED PRIMER LOCKED, BUT THESE DID NOT IMPROVE THE SITUATION.  PILOT BEGAN PUMPING THROTTLE, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SURGE BACK TO LIFE FOR A FEW SECONDS.  PILOT STATED THIS EXTRA THRUST WAS NOT ENOUGH TO EXTEND THE GLIDE TO AN AIRPORT, SO HE SETUP TO LAND IN A CUT CORN FIELD.  THE FIELD HAD A PRONOUNCED DOWNSLOPE HE DID NOT NOTICE, AND COUPLED WITH HIS HIGH AND FAST APPROACH, LED THE AIRCRAFT TO OVERSHOOT THE FIELD AND CROSS A ROAD, IMPACTING A BERM AND ENTERING A SOYBEAN FIELD.  FUEL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM AIRCRAFT CARBURETOR AREA.  INSPECTOR ON SCENE DRAINED LESS THAN ONE GALLON OF CLEAN FUEL FROM RIGHT TANK.  INSPECTOR REPORTED LEFT TANK CONTAINED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL.  AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO BLAIRSTOWN, NJ AND EXAMINED BY FAA AND NTSB PERSONNEL.  ACCORDING TO THEIR WRITTEN REPORT THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND DISCONNECTED AT THE CARBURETOR. THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE LEVER ON THE CARBURETOR WAS FOUND IN IDLE CUTOFF POSITION. THE SCREW OR BOLT THAT WOULD HAVE CONNECTED THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE CONNECTOR FITTING TO THE CARBURETOR MIXTURE ARM WAS NOT LOCATED.

## 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 ERA20LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA320), Sep 17, 2020: Stinson 108 (N336C), Newport, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to a disconnected carburetor mixture control cable which allowed the carburetor mixture lever to migrate to the cut-off position during flight.

## Other reports on N336C (2)

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

- [Incident 19890320023239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320023239I), Mar 20, 1989: Univar 1082 (N336C), Bozeman, MT. Forced landing on road due to engine failure. Rod bearing failed and cap bolts failed.
- [Incident 19811210084819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210084819I), Dec 10, 1981: Cessna 180 (N336C), Kalispell, MT, Minor damage. Ze strong gusty crosswind lifted wing on takeoff roll, other wing, prop hit runway. Crosswind exceeded control.

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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