- Date
- September 18, 1991, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cantwell, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6436MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910918046369A
- Case key
- 5630
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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Probable cause
The engine power loss for undetermined reasons and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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
Just after takeoff, and at about 150 feet AGL, the engine quit. The airplane landed and nosed over in a marshy area about 1/4 mile from the runway. After the fuel system was flushed, the engine started and ran normally. Proper maintenance had not been performed on the airplane engine for the previous 18 years. The pilot was also operating with a revoked pilot certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6436M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1084436
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-165-B4, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry S. Low
- Registered owner
- Donald Low
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 27, 1973 · 330 hours before
- Departed
- Z68 · Cantwell, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Valdez Crk Mine, AK
- Airport
- Z68 · Cantwell, runway 22, 2,100 × 75 ft
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
- 52
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 200 in this make and model
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.