- Date
- September 9, 1982, 18:30 local (Sep 10, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9489KStinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820909051339A
- Case key
- 70652
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Throttle/power control - delayedCause
Analysis
The acft collided with power lines during final approach. The plt reported he encountered a downdraft type of windshear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9489K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2484
- Airframe hours
- 2,211
- Engine
- Franklin 6A416S, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Kanpelis
- Registered owner
- Richard Kanpelis
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- Private Field, runway 29, 1,100 × 50 ft, grass/turf
N9489KRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Stinson 108-2Airframe modelStinson 108-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 626 total · 503 in this make and model · 521 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 111 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.