- Date
- July 25, 1992, 06:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- Boonville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N948CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920725027319A
- Case key
- 15299
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning, and exceeding the performance capability of the airplane by the pilot-in-command.
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 airplane struck power lines near departure end of runway and crashed into a parking lot and was destroyed by a post crash fire. The airplane had full fuel, three passengers, and 100 hundred pounds of baggage. The runway was 2600 feet long, the surface was long grass, and the ground was soft and uneven. The airplane was approximately 175 pounds over maximum gross weight. Takeoff distance required for 50 foot obstacle clearance was 3188 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N948C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3948
- Airframe hours
- 2,221
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J.D. Twenter
- Registered owner
- J.D. Twenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1991 · 53 hours before
- Destination
- NONE · Holden Beach, NC
- Airport
- M84 · Snoody Airport, runway 5, 2,600 × 70 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 75 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 26 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.