# Incident 19870826064719I: Univar 1083, St Marys, PA, August 26, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1987, 08:20 local time
- Place: St Marys, PA
- Airport: St Marys Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4125° N, 78.5026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARYS MUNI (OYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4125&lon=-78.5026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-3 (registry code 9230408, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4165 series (registry code 27025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1083
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,378 total, 575 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870826064719I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. TAIL WHEEL BRACKET FAILED. BRAKE RESERVOIR WAS LOW, BRAKE PEDALS SPONGY.

## Other reports on N48SW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900514015879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900514015879A), May 14, 1990: Univar 1083 (N48SW), Warehouse Point, CT, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Veered off runway into 2 parked aircraft. Wind exceeded crosswind component.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.