- Date
- October 19, 1969
- Place
- Southwick, MA · SOUTHWICK, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97954Stinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2798 69/10/19 SOUTHWICK,MASS STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 237 TIME - 0945 N97954 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SIMSBURY,CONN SIMSBURY,CONN AGAWAM,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- NR 2 CYL ROCKER ARM FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97954
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N97954 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC88LA187Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRobbinsville, NJThe acft ground looped during landing roll and collided with terrain off the runway. The acft was landed on rwy 29 with the wind from 180 degrees at 15 KTS, gusting to 25 KTS. The acft turned into the wind and ran off the rwy to the south after traveling 1/3…NTSB NYC74FFA10Accident · No injuriesClosedAlbany, NY