- Date
- November 6, 1983, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Angora, NE
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39468Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831106056449A
- Case key
- 33502
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the eng began running rough, then quit while he was flying over an area of rough terrain. He reported that as he was making a forced landing, the acft came in contact with a washed out ditch, cartwheeled & hit a fence. An exam of the eng revealed that the #4 exhaust valve stem had failed. The #4 piston was disintegrated & pieces were scattered thru-out the inside of the eng, but the valve head was not found. The eng had accumulated 555 hrs since the last major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39468
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-24
- Airframe hours
- 3,228
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel M. Bowman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1983
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 134 total · 31 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AIA, 19 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.
Other investigations on N39468 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.