# Incident 19990413019269I: Univar 1083, Gladewater, TX, April 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1999, 14:48 local time
- Place: Gladewater, TX
- Airport: Gladewater Munu Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5425° N, 94.9471° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gladewater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5425&lon=-94.9471&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4177C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4177C) (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: 2,407 total, 6 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990413019269I

## Narrative

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

ATTACHED LETTER FROM PILOT JESSE LOFFER STATES FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION: TAKEOFF AT GLADEWATER RUNWAY 13.  AFTER NORMAL RUNUP AND LIFTOFF, AT ABOUT 20-30 FT. ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, I LEVELED OUT, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.  I HAD A HIGHWAY AND TREES STRAIGHT AHEAD AND NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY TO SAFELY LAND SO I TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT TO LAND ON THE GRASS.  PARTWAY THROUGH THE ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER DIRT EXTENSION OF RUNWAY 17 WHICH BLEW THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AND PUT THE AIRPLANE ON ITS BACK.  DAMAGE DUE TO INCIDENT:  TOP OF RUDDER, TOP SKINS OF WINGTIPS, LEFT WING STRUTS, PROP.  PILOT:  NO INJURIES.  NO PASSENGERS.

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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