# Accident 19960405014499A: Univar 1083, Pontiac, MI, April 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1996, 18:07 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4592° N, 83.1807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4592&lon=-83.1807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6179M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6179M) (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
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4165B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960405014499A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE WIND CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL AND RAISED THE RIGHT WING. HE STATED THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED. THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 350 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS. (-23) PILOT SAID HE WAS LANDING...HAD MAIN WHEELS ON GROUND AND WAS SLOWING TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON RUNWAY 27R WHEN RIGHT WING RAISED UP AND LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, THEN AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS NOSE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ON IT'S NOSE. PILOT STATED ENGINE WAS AT IDLE AND WHEN AIRCRAFT STOPPED HE WAS IN HIS SEAT BELT STANDING ON THE RUDDER PEDALS. OIL COOLER, LOWER AND FORWARD ENGINE COWLING HAD SURFACE DENTS. AIR INTAKE OPENING WAS CRUSHED. MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR OIL COOLER WERE BENT AND CRACKED. PROP TIPS BENT AND EDGES SHOWED SCRAPING SCRATCHES. NO SKID MARKS ON WHEELS. TAIL WHEEL ASSY APPEARED INTACT. LEFT WING AFT SPAR BUCKLED AND OTB AILERON END BENT SLIGHTLY UP. WING WARP CROSS MEMBERS LOOSE AND FABRIC WRINKLED FROM SECOND RIB INBOARD TO WING TIP. SPINNER DEEPLY DEN                                                          TED PARALLEL TO FUSELAGE WITH SCRAPES. FIREWALL PANEL WAS NOT VISUALLY DAMAGED. PILOT STATED WIND WAS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS.

## 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 CHI96LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA138), Apr 5, 1996: Stinson 108-3 (N6179M), Pontiac, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor relating to the accident was: the crosswind condition.

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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