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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Tuftonboro, New Hampshire 03816
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 15:50 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 17, 2013, about 1550 eastern daylight time, a Univair Aircraft Corporation (Stinson) 108-1, N8721K, registered to and operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight from Moultonboro Airport (5M3), Moultonboro, New Hampshire, to Mountain View Field Airport (NH31), Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The airline transport pilot and pilot-rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 1543, from 5M3.
The pilot-in-command (PIC) stated that he was in the right seat and his daughter (a recently licensed pilot) was in the left seat. She initiated the takeoff and climbed to 1,800 feet while proceeding towards the destination airport only 12 minutes away. After leveling off she began to lean the fuel to air ratio and the engine immediately began to run rough. He (PIC) took the controls and moved the mixture control to full rich, but the engine began to run really rough. He switched tanks, and manipulated the throttle control but the engine quit. The propeller continued to rotate about 6 times then the engine seized and the propeller stopped. He maneuvered the airplane for a forced landing in a field and just before touchdown he noticed a 1 foot high by 3 foot wide raised concrete item that was obscured by tall weeds. He banked left in an attempt to avoid it but the left wing contacted the ground and the gear hit the concrete. The airplane cartwheeled and came to rest upright. The airplane was recovered for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/17/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1550 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Tuftonboro |
| Event State | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 03816 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 434220N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0711508W |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1555 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 222 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LCI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 545 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 11 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 7000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 33 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 19 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 230 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.03 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 22 2013 4:35PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8721K |
| NTSB Number | ERA13LA327 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Univair Aircraft Corporation |
| Aircraft Model | 108-1 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 108-1721 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2230 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FAWCETT WALTER L |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | WOLFEBORO |
| Aircraft Owner State | NH |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 03894-4031 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | FAWCETT WALTER L |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | WOLFEBORO |
| Operator State | NH |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 03894-4031 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 5M3 |
| Departure City | Moultonboro |
| Departure State | NH |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1543 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | NH31 |
| Destination City | Wolfeboro |
| Destination State | NH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 22 2013 4:36PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |