- Date
- September 5, 1988, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mt Spur, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97326Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880905037029A
- Case key
- 5067
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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
At 1500 feet m.s.l. a complete engine failure occurred. An emergency landing was made on a gravel bar. During the rollout the airplane collided with a gravel bank. An on site examination of the engine revealed a hole in the case next to the left exhaust manifold and three or four smaller holes on top of the engine. The engine will not be recovered from the crash site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97326
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108326
- Airframe hours
- 2,070
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B2, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Heazeltt, Jay
- Registered owner
- Jay Edward Heazlett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1987 · 66 hours before
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 82 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °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.
Other investigations on N97326 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.