# Accident 20000708007359A: Univar 1082, Minden, NV, July 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2000, 13:35 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0105° N, 119.7497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0105&lon=-119.7497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264C-2006-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,361 total, 29 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708007359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2000, AT 1335 PDT, MR. WILLIAM E. YODER, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH ANTHONY W. SCRONCE, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF AND NOSED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT DOUGLAS COUNTY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, WITH NO INJURIES. (.4) ON JULY 8, 2000, ABOUT 1335 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A STINSON 108-2, N264C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER DURING TAKEOFF FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY AIRPORT, MINDEN, NEVADA. THE OWNER OPERATED THE AIRPLANE AS A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA, ABOUT 1310. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THEY FLEW TO MINDEN AND COMPLETED A LANDING. THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIED BACK FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 34. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT AS HE EXPECTED AFTER APPLICATION OF POWER AND HE CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER. HE SAID THE TAKEOFF WAS PROCEEDING NORMALLY WHEN THE TAIL SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT. HE THOUGHT HE ENCOUNTERED A                                      DUST DEVIL OR GUST OF WIND. AT THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE WAS 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE AIR AND HEADED ABOUT 50 TO 70 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY HEADING. HE DID NOT FEEL IT PRUDENT TO ATTEMPT TO REALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD. ABOUT 50 FEET PAST THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PROPELLER AND WHEELS BEGAN CONTACTING SAGE BRUSH THAT WAS 2 TO 5 FEET HIGH. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE PILOT NOTED THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS NEARLY 7,000 FEET. HE ALSO NOTED THAT SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE AIR INTAKE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY FILLED WITH SAGE BRUSH NEEDLES.

## 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 LAX00LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA255), Jul 8, 2000: Stinson 108-2 (N264C), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to compensate for a sudden wind shift resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with high vegetation.

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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