- Date
- June 29, 1983, 06:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Nenana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8205KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830629038999A
- Case key
- 4141
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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.
Analysis
The acft nose gear failed during a forced landing after the engine lost power during climbout. The plt rptd the engine began to run intermittently then quit completely. The acft had just been serviced with 36 gallons of 80/87 octane fuel. The student pilot was not injured in the landing which damaged the wings and landing gear of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8205K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1205
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Koch Trucking
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1982 · 400 hours before
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- runway 15, 1,950 × ft, gravel
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.