- Date
- October 19, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- The Plains, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8422KStinson 108-1 Voyager
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851019052749A
- Case key
- 11237
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While flying straight and level at 3100 feet MSL, over Virginia route 66 and route 245, the engine began to vibrate to the extent that the plt thought that it might separate from the airframe. The plt selected a field and set up an approach. On final, the plt decided that the field was unsuitable for landing. Pwr was applied and the plt executed a 180 degree turn to an alternate field. According to the plt, his airspeed was too high to stop in the second field, and he turned right about 45 degrees, aiming for a narrow break in the tree line. After severing three small trees, the acftnosed over and rotated to a stop, coming to rest in an upright position. According to the plt, an engine mount joint wascracked in the weld itself, and most of the fracture surfaces appeared as if a crack existed prior to the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8422K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1 Voyager (108-1 VOYA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1422
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph Hoover
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- W66 · Warrenton, VA
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 269 total · 6 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 15 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.