- Date
- April 14, 1979
- Place
- Sidney, MT · SIDNEY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9379KStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790414006779A
- Case key
- 137409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0469 79/4/14 SIDNEY,MT STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1837 TIME - 0800 N9379K PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1005 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NR 1 CYL FAILED AT BASE & BROKE FROM CASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9379K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burns
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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.