- Date
- May 14, 1984, 18:00 local (May 15, 1984, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6807MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840514018299A
- Case key
- 4288
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.
Analysis
The acft was established in normal cruise when the engine quit. The pilot attempted restarts with negative results. The acft made a forced landing and collided with trees. Post accident examination revealed water in the fuel tanks & lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6807M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1084807
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-133, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lonnie Drollinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- SXQ · Soldotna, AK
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 172 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.