- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N660CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203039339A
- Case key
- 139235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3650 78/12/3 NR.SAN CARLOS,CA STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 23, 390 TIME - 2157 N660C PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA OAKLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N660C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.