- Date
- July 2, 1985, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lewisburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N9818KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850702029069A
- Case key
- 6821
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft lost power in cruise flight shortly after takeoff. Descent was begun to a field followed by engine quitting. During the turn to final, pilot said, left wing stalled resulting in hard landing on left wheel and left wing. Later, fuel cap vents were found blocked by mud dauber nests.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9818K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2818
- Airframe hours
- 2,404
- Engine
- Franklin 64A-165-BB, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James P. Linkous
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985
- Departed
- SSU · White Sulpher, WV
- Destination
- 118 · Ravenswood, WV
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 30 in this make and model · 2,088 as pilot in command · 267 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWB, 4 nm away
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 N9818K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.