- Date
- November 10, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97155Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4256
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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - iceCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
After takeoff the eng lost 50% of its power & a forced landing was made in trees. The plt believed the eng failure was due to water/ice in fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97155
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-155
- Airframe hours
- 1,752
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew Cizek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Skwentna, runway 9, 3,500 × ft, gravel
N97155Registration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 143 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 5 °F