- Date
- May 25, 1991, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Bar, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9715KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910525017119A
- Case key
- 41317
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Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to remain clear of the obstacles (trees). The adverse weather condition (fog) was a related factor.
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
As the plt was on an apch to land on a lake, the left wing of the float plane struck a tree near the shoreline & the acft crashed. A witness, who heard the crash, stated that there was dense fog in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9715K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2715
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- See Narrative Report
- Registered owner
- See Narrative Report
- Departed
- Bainbridge Is, WA
- Destination
- Lake Isabel, WA
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 545 total · 22 in this make and model · 463 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PAE, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.