- Date
- August 1, 1984, 07:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8280KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840801036709A
- Case key
- 16451
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following an uneventful runup the pilot took off and was climbing through 400 ft AGL when the engine began to lose power. The pilot then turned on the carburetor heat, but it did not alleviate the engine problem. He then made an emergency landing in a field, damaging the right wing and right landing gear. A mechanic who examined the engine following the accident stated that the carburetor was 'full of water.' He also said that the pilot had fueled theairplane using a gi-type gasoline can.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8280K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,354
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Curtis Thurston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Bountiful, runway 34, 4,200 × ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.