- Date
- February 5, 1980
- Place
- Borrego Sprngs, CA · BORREGO SPRNGS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9698KStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800205001629A
- Case key
- 131786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0296 80/2/5 BORREGO SPRNGS,CA STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1778 TIME - 0730 N9698K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BORREGO SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CA. PRESCOTT,AZ. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 PISTON FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9698K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Borrego Springs
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9698K · 1
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