- Date
- September 6, 1965
- Place
- Castine, ME · CASTINE, ME
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97988Stinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176307
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0468 65/9/6 CASTINE ME STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 130 TIME - 1010 N97988 PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AIRFRAME BUFFET FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUSELAGE FABRIC TORE BACK FROM FUSELAGE OVER TAIL BLANKING EFFECTIVE ELEVATOR CONTROL AIRFLOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97988
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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