# Accident 19810529031829A: Univar 108, Kaunakakai, HI, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 06:13 local time
- Place: Kaunakakai, HI
- Airport: Molokai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.1529° N, 157.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOLOKAI (MKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97726, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97726-1983-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 195 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FJA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529031829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. DEPARTED RUNWAY, STRUCK FENCE, TREES. STOPPED INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81FJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FJA11), May 29, 1981: Stinson 108 (N97726), Kaunakakai, HI, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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