- Date
- May 18, 1969
- Place
- Babylon, NY · BABYLON, NY
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8458KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2544 69/5/18 BABYLON,NY STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1727 TIME - 1305 N8458K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT REPORTED RUDDER,ELEV BINDING.CAUSE OF RUDDER,ELEV BINDING NOT DETERMINED.ACFT DMGD IN SALVAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8458K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8458KRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Stinson 108-1Airframe modelStinson 108-1Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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