# Accident 20020513009599A: Univar 1083, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2002, 14:59 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2244° N, 87.6082° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2244&lon=-87.6082&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2243M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2243M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-3 (registry code 9230408, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1083
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020513009599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N2243 APPROACHED TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT WITHOUT RADIO CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND WAS GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE ATC LIGHT SIGNAL "CLEARED TO LAND" BY THE TOWER. THE SIGNAL WAS GIVEN WHERE THE PILOT COULD HAVE LANDED ON RUNWAY 29, HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 22. REPORTED WIND CONDITIONS FROM 6 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 11 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND CONTINUING THRU 52 MINUTES PAST THE ACCIDENT, SHOW LITTLE VARIATION. THESE REPORTED WINDS INDICATED A STRONG DIRECT CROSSWIND ON RWY 22 WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND GROUND LOOPED, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND NO REPORTED INJURIES. (.19) ON MAY 13, 2002, AT 1359 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A STINSON 108-3, N2243M, REGISTERED TO A COMMERCIAL PILOT, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND COLLAPSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL AT TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTAN                                               TIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MARIANNA, FLORIDA, AT 1240 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MARIANNA, FLORIDA, TO FAYETTEVILLE, ALABAMA, WHEN HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF HIS AIRPLANE. HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. DURING THE APPROACH TO TUSCALOOSA HE LOST RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT CONDUCTED THE NECESSARY RADIO OUT PROCEDURES, AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 22. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT STATED HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 22. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE REENTERED THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 ATL02LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA098), May 13, 2002: Stinson 108-3 (N2243M), Tuscaloosa, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots loss of directional control during landing roll, and subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

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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