- Date
- August 15, 1974
- Place
- Laurel, MD · LAUREL, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9730KStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740815028589A
- Case key
- 136934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2665 74/8/15 LAUREL,MD STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 775 TIME - 1830 N9730K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUBURBAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MD CLEARVIEW,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENG STOPPED 3-4 SEC THEN RAN. HIT TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9730K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Suburban
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.