- Date
- May 15, 1980
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6756MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800515015349A
- Case key
- 130503
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2231 80/5/15 NR.WRANGELL,AK STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 343 TIME - 2000 N6756M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WRANGELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK JUNEAU,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT NOT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTR ANNUAL.DESTROYED BY TIDAL ACTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6756M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wrangell
N6756MRegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Stinson 108-3Airframe modelStinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6756M · 1
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