- Date
- May 22, 1987, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Huntersville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9796KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870522015909A
- Case key
- 7428
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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 plt reported that he closed the throttle to simulate an engine failure after takeoff from rwy 06, at about 400-500 ft AGL. He subsequently made a 180 degree turn back toward the arpt to practice a simulated forced ldg, and the acft sink rate increased to a greater rate than 'expected'. He then added full throttle, but the engine did not respond. The acft impacted grassy terrain short of and to the right of the rwy, and slid about 130 feet. A post-crash fire ensued. The plt stated that he had 11 total flt hrs in this make and model, all of which were obtained in this acft. He noted that the acft had sat unused for three years prior to his purchasing it, and that it had received an annual inspection a week prior to the accident. The engine carburetor was reportedly equipped with a 'leather-skirt' type accelerator pump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9796K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1082796
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4165 SERIES, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas Jaynes
- Registered owner
- Douglas Jaynes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- NC05 · Bradford Field, runway 24, 3,850 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,974 total · 11 in this make and model · 4,877 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.