- Date
- March 12, 1987, 19:25 local (Mar 13, 1987, 03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Saugus, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8185KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870312006009A
- Case key
- 25539
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Upon contacting ATC, the plt requested an ILS apch and that he was low on fuel. The controller cleared the plt to the ILS. Just inside the outer marker the controller advised the plt that he was dangerously low and to climb immediately. The plt was observed to make a northerly turn. The controller asked the plt his intentions and the plt replied he wanted an ILS to the arpt. The controller gave the plt vectors back to the ILS when the plt stated that he was descending through a hole in VMC. Radar contact was lost and the controller had to use another acft to relay messages to the plt. The plt stated that he was low on fuel. The controller advised the plt to squawk 7700 and that if he could not make it to another arpt he should find a flat spot and land. The plt found a dry wash and landed. While taxiing to higher ground, the right wing struck a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8185K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1185
- Airframe hours
- 3,795
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Foley, John L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1986
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,742 total · 1,206 in this make and model · 1,742 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.