- Date
- November 11, 1973
- Place
- Kiowa, CO · KIOWA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6656MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731111036619A
- Case key
- 188076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 73/11/11 KIOWA,COLO STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N6656M PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIOWA,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PRCTNRY LDG IN RACE TRACK 10/11/73 DUE SMOKE IN CABIN.DENS ALT APRX 8000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6656M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6656MRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Universal Stinson 108-3Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6656M · 1
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