- Date
- July 27, 1986, 22:15 local (Jul 28, 1986, 06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Willow, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N942DStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860727036449A
- Case key
- 4602
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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
About 5 to 10 min prior to the acdnt, svrl witnesses in the vicinity of the Willow arpt saw the acft headed southbound. They rprtd the eng was running rough, but they saw no smoke or fire. Aprx 3 mi further south, other witnesses saw the acft make a 180 deg turn back twd the arpt. They rprtd the eng was running rough & they believed black smoke was trail- ing from the lower eng area. As the acft contd twd the arpt, others heard &/or saw the acft. Some rprtd the eng was running very rough. Others closer to the arpt saw no smoke & svrl thought the eng was not running. One witness near the arpt stated the airspeed was slow just before the acft hit trees at the edge of a wooded area. The acft crashed & burned aprx 1600 ft from the apch end of rwy 31. An exam of the wreckage & a teardown of the eng were made, but no preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure was verified. However, the acft was extensively damaged by impacted & fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N942D
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2942
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ervin R. Hobbs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1986
- Departed
- Z22
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z22 · Willow, runway 31, 4,600 × 105 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.