- Date
- August 18, 1983, 03:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tully, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8470KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830818042979A
- Case key
- 35254
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At 2,000 ft near syracuse the plt decided he had enough fuel to continue on to his home base at cortland. He added full power to climb back to 3,000 ft & encountered turbulence. With full power & 80 KTS indicated the acft was losing altitude. The acft collided with trees on a ridge line. The syracuse 0250 wx observation indicated thunderstorms west ofsyracuse moving east. The 0307 special observation indicated a visibility of 2 mi in heavy thundershowers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8470K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10611C
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Franklin 06, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David P. Cummins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Port Huron, MI
- Destination
- SYR · Syracuse, NY
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 85 in this make and model · 253 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N8470K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.