- Date
- August 16, 1980
- Place
- Quonset, RI · QUONSET, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N285CStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800816036399A
- Case key
- 129257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2801 80/8/16 QUONSET,RI STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1140 N285C PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 21, 413 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUONSET STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMS RIVER,NJ BEVERLY,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- WND GSTG 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N285C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Quonset State
N285CRegistration cancelled Aug 30, 1997 · Universal Stinson 108-2Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-2
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.