Stinson 10A N39431

Summary

On 30 March 1983 at about 14:55 local time, a Stinson 10A registered N39431 was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 March 1983 at 14:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Kendall Gliderport

Coordinates

25.6109, -80.3394

Aircraft

Stinson 10A

Registration

N39431

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83LA107

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 OWNER OF THE ACFT SAID THAT THE PLT WAS NEGOTIATING TO BUY THE ACFT BUT CONDUCTED THIS FLT WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY IN THE ACFT THAT WAS NOT AIRWORTHY. THE PLT HAD LANDED THE ACFT EARLIER IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DECLARING A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND RPM. AFTER LOOKING THE PLANE OVER AND CHARGING THE BATTERY TO GET THE ACFT STARTED THE PLT TOOK OFF AGAIN AND STRUGGLED HALFWAY AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN A SEMI-STALLED STATE UNTIL HE CRASHED AND NOSED OVER.THE PLT GAVE A FICTICIOUS NAME TO AUTHORITIES AND DISAPPEARED. HIS TRUE IDENTITY WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE OWNER SAID THE PLT HAD READ THE ACFT LOGBOOKS AND KNEW THE ACFT WAS NOT AIRWORTHY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.