- Date
- March 30, 1983, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39431Stinson 10A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830330013979A
- Case key
- 30865
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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
The owner of the acft said that the plt was negotiating to buy the acft but conducted this flt without proper authority in the acft that was not airworthy. The plt had landed the acft earlier in an emergency situation declaring a loss of oil pressure and RPM. After looking the plane over and charging the battery to get the acft started the plt took off again and struggled halfway around the traffic pattern in a semi-stalled state until he crashed and nosed over. The plt gave a ficticious name to authorities and disappeared. His true identity was not determined. The owner said the plt had read the acft logbooks and knew the acft was not airworthy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39431
- Reported as
- Stinson 10A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8231
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC-199-E3, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mel Marengo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Kendall Gliderport, runway 9, 3,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 8 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.