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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108-3 · Livermore, CA · March 3, 1997

Date: March 3, 1997 · 10:12 local
Place: Livermore, CA
Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6209M
Reported as: Univar 1083
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,140 total830 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6209MRegistered now · Stinson 108-3S/N 108-4209 Airframe modelStinson 108-3 Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: damage to aircraft caused by ground loop was limited to one blade on the propeller and right wing tip end cap was damaged. Aircraft was determined to be flyable with a prop replacement and wing tip end cap replacement. During recovery operations the aircraft was dropped by the crane operator, causing substantial damage to the vertical stab, rudder and mid fuselage longerons. Aircraft is determined to be repairable. See attached pilots statement for events leading up to the incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CAUSED BY GROUND LOOP WAS LIMITED TO ONE BLADE ON THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP END CAP WAS DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE FLYABLE WITH A PROP REPLACEMENT AND WING TIP END CAP REPLACEMENT. DURING RECOVERY OPERATIONS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DROPPED BY THE CRANE OPERATOR, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STAB, RUDDER AND MID FUSELAGE LONGERONS. AIRCRAFT IS DETERMINED TO BE REPAIRABLE. SEE ATTACHED PILOTS STATEMENT FOR EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT.