Stinson 108-1 N8280K

Summary

On 1 August 1984 at about 13:20 local time, a Stinson 108-1 registered N8280K was involved in an accident near Bountiful, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1984 at 13:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Bountiful, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Bountiful

Coordinates

40.8794, -111.8209

Aircraft

Stinson 108-1

Registration

N8280K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA246

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL RUNUP THE PILOT TOOK OFF AND WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 400 FT AGL WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT THEN TURNED ON THE CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT IT DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE ENGINE PROBLEM. HE THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR. A MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE ENGINE FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE CARBURETOR WAS 'FULL OF WATER.' HE ALSO SAID THAT THE PILOT HAD FUELED THEAIRPLANE USING A GI-TYPE GASOLINE CAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.