- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- Silver City, NM · SILVER CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6539MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162596
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3516 69/8/9 SILVER CITY,N MEX STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 102 TIME - 1030 N6539M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,N MEX SAFFORD,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP THRUST BEARING FAILED. LANDED ON CURVING DIRT ROAD,STRUCK BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6539M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6539MRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 1970 · Stinson 108-3Airframe modelStinson 108-3Engine modelLycoming 0-435A/0-435C
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