- Date
- September 24, 1983, 18:54 local (22:54 UTC)
- Place
- Clermont, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8898KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830924051009A
- Case key
- 30941
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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
During flt, the eng began running rough & oil began leaking & spreading onto the windshield. The eng subsequently failed & the plt selected an area for a forced landing, during the landing, the acft contacted trees & was damaged. An investigation revealed that the #3 exhaust valve, franklin pn 18084, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8898K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1898
- Airframe hours
- 2,338
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bremer Brace Co.,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 13, 1983 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- TPF · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 350 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 15 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.