- Date
- March 19, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Defuniak Spring, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32260Stinson 10A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830319008729A
- Case key
- 30859
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The engine failed in cruise at 4500 ft MSL. The weather was clear and the pilot could see the airport but did not try for it because of the intervening town. During the landing over wires the landing gear and wings were damaged. The pilotreported that there was a hole in the top of #3 cylinder & there was evidence of valve failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32260
- Reported as
- Stinson 10A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7908
- Airframe hours
- 4,504
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC-199, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Steven Rayburn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1982 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Marianna, FL
- Destination
- Beaumont, TX
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 251 total · 24 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEW, 20 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.