N8493K
Stinson 108-1
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- May 9, 1986Accident
THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE SPRAYING A FLD WITH PROPANIL AND PENOXALIN THE WIND SHIFTED FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING THE CHEMICALS TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD THUS REDUCING THE PLT'S FORWARD VISION. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH SUN GLARE, RESULTED IN THE PLT NOT MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT ALT TO CLEAR LEVEES IN THE FLD.