- Date
- November 13, 1982, 15:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lynnwood, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6943MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821113058409A
- Case key
- 71523
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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
The eng failed approaching the arpt at low altitude. The acft struck trees during a descending turn toward a power company right-of-way. Investigation revealed that the impulse drive springs on both magnetos had failed in fatigue. The springs are not assigned a service life limit. Rejection criteria during magneto overhaul pertains to distortion of coil symmetry & obvious signs of wear. No record could be found of replacement of the magneto impulse springs. It is possible that they were original equipment dating to 1948.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6943M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4943
- Airframe hours
- 325
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ward L. Miller
- Registered owner
- Ward L. Miller
- Departed
- S13 · Lynnwood, WA
- Destination
- S13 · Lynnwood, WA
- Airport
- S13 · Martha Lake
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 93 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.