# Accident 20000324010359A: Univar 1082, Las Cruces, NM, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2601° N, 106.8202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2601&lon=-106.8202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Universal Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230416, https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4165 series (registry code 27025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4165B3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 683 total, 638 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324010359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BACK PAGE MISSING FROM 8020-23. WILL CONTACT THE INSPECTOR. (.4) THE PILOT SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 26, HE FELT THE ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING ENOUGH POWER, SO HE MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 8 WITH AN ESTIMATED TAILWIND VELOCITY OF 5 KNOTS. HE SAID HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY, BENDING THE RIGHT REAR SPAR.  THE ENGINE WAS LATER DISASSEMBLED AND EXAMINED.  THE NO. 6 INTAKE VALVE WAS FOUND BURNT AND WAS NOT SEATING PROPERLY.  THE MECHANIC TOLD THE PILOT THIS CONDITION WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE LOSS OF POWER.

## 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 DEN00LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA068), Mar 24, 2000: Stinson 108-2 (N442C), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve. Factors were a burnt and unseated intake valve, and the tail wind.

## Other reports on N442C (1)

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

- [Accident 19760407008419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760407008419A), Apr 7, 1976: Univar 1082 (N442C), Thompson, OH, Substantial damage. Acft veered l aftr tkof r wing struck a tree. Wind gusting 15K.

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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