- Date
- May 27, 1988, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Avon, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8563KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880527016939A
- Case key
- 7765
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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 acft was on initial climb out when the eng quit. The acft was at an estimated altitude of 100 ft and over trees at the time of the power loss. The plt attempted to return to the airstrip. The acft landed hard in a nose down position off to the side of the rwy. Examination of the acft revealed the fuel selector and fuel quantity selector in the left position. The left fuel tank was empty and the right tank held over nine gallons of fuel. The fuel selector was a three position type (left only, right only, off).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8563K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1563
- Airframe hours
- 2,110
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Neil
- Registered owner
- Robert M Neil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1987 · 118 hours before
- Destination
- 4G8 · Columbia Stat, OH
- Airport
- 40I7
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,616 total · 900 in this make and model · 4,316 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 9 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 N8563K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.