- Date
- January 27, 1978
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8980KStinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780127001959A
- Case key
- 143671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0184 78/1/27 NR.OCEAN CITY,MD STINSON 108 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N8980K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,NC ATLANTIC CITY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT'S BODY RECOVERED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN,15 MILES SOUTH OF OCEAN CITY,MD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8980K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8980KRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2018 · Stinson 108-1Airframe modelStinson 108-1Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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