- Date
- April 2, 1988, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Poland, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8316KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402007689A
- Case key
- 36128
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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
After several takeoffs in a southwesterly direction from a farm field, the student pilot attempted a takeoff downwind in an easterly direction and failed to clear the trees at the end of the field. The airplane crashed into the trees and terrain, and was destroyed by impact and fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8316K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1316
- Airframe hours
- 1,485
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey C. Irwin
- Registered owner
- Jeff Irwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1987 · 60 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.