# Accident 19980510008829A: Univar 1081, Salt Lake City, UT, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 14:50 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8109° N, 111.9401° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8109&lon=-111.9401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8178K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8178K-1998-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-1 (registry code 9230404, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1081
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4150B3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 126 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510008829A

## Narrative

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

NOSED OVER LANDING. (.4)ON MAY 10, 1998, AT 1450 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A STINSON 108-1, N8178K, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL AT SALT LAKE CITY #2 AIRPORT.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TOOELE, UTAH, AND WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE ENROUTE TO SALT LAKE CITY #2 AIRPORT, HE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WIND AND TURBULENCE.  HE ATTEMPTED 2 LANDINGS AT THE AIRPORT, AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND EACH TIME DUE TO TURBULENCE.  HE WAS SUCCESSFUL ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND, BUT WHILE TAXING TO EXIT THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND.  THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN 360 DEGREES, AND COME TO REST ON THE LEFT WING AND NOSE.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, AND ANOTHER WIND GUST THEN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER.  ACCORDING TO THE SALT LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INCIDENT REPORT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.  ADDITIONALY, THE RIGHT WING WAS BROKEN AT THE WING BRACE, THE NOSE WAS DENTED, AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT. THE REPORT STATED THAT, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS.                                                     (-23)PILOT REJECTED TWO LANDINGS BECAUSE OF GUSTY WINDS.  LANDED ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT.  AFTER LANDING A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT ADDED POWER BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16 AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 FTW98LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA214), May 10, 1998: Stinson 108-1 (N8178K), Salt Lake City, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for winds while taxing. A factor was gusty, high wind conditions.

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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