Stinson 108-1 N9070K

Summary

On 20 June 1985 at about 01:15 local time, a Stinson 108-1 registered N9070K was involved in an accident near Roseau, Minnesota, 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

20 June 1985 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Roseau, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

48.8397, -95.7608

Aircraft

Stinson 108-1

Registration

N9070K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Blaine → Roseau

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA260

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

THE PLT INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED THE ACFT DURING A FORCED LANDING TO AVOID OBSTACLES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER EN ROUTE. APRX 1 1/2 HRS INTO THE FLT THE PLT NOTICED AN ENGINE ROUGHNESS FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN OIL TEMP WHICH RETURNED TO NORMAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, A 25 RPM DECREASE AND ENGINE ROUGHNESS WAS EXPERIENCED. A CONTINUED DECREASE IN RPM WAS EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 1/2 HR AND THE PLT LEANED THE MIXTURE AND TURNED THE CARB HEAT ON AND OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN POWER. A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WAS THEN EXPERIENCED AND THE FORCED LANDING WAS INITIATED. AN ICING PROBABILITY CHART INDICATES THE EXISTING TEMP (70 DEGS F) AND THE DEW POINT (55 DEGS F) WHERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE. NO MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.