# Accident 20020915024499A: Stnson L5E, Spanish Fork, UT, September 15, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 15, 2002, 11:30 local time - Place: Spanish Fork, UT - Airport: Spanish Fork Springville Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8369H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8369H) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Stinson L-5 (registry code 8630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C (registry code 41517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a-0-435c) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: STNSON L5E - Reported engine: LYC O4351 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 24 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020915024499A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, PILOT ADDED POWER AND AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT HOLE COLLAPSING GEAR, AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT STRIKING LEFT WING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO IT, DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE FRAME AT GEAR ATTACHING POINTS, DAMAGE TO ENGINE COWLING, FIRE WALL AND PROPELLER. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1130 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A STINSON L-5, N8369H, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING AT SPANISH FORK-SPRINGVILLE AIRPORT (U77), SPANISH FORK, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1100. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEFT WING SPAR, AND LEFT WING TIP. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1130 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A STINSON L-5E, N8369H, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING AT SPANISH FORK-SPRINGVILLE AIRPORT, SPANISH FORK, UTAH. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 1040 FROM NEPHI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEPHI, UTAH. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S ACCIDENT REPORT AND A PREVIOUS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT SAID HE ADDED POWER. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, "THE NOSE HAD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT" AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. "I DON'T BELIEVE I APPLIED SUFFICIENT RUDDER TO OFFSET THE P-FACTOR OF THE ADDED POWER," THE PILOT WROTE. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DROPPED INTO A HOLE AND BROKE OFF. THE AIRPLANE FELL TO THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE LEFT WING SPAR AND WING TIP. THE WOODEN PROP WAS SHATTERED, THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED, AND THE CARBURETOR AND EXHAUST SYSTEM WERE DAMAGED. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N8369H (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19820324021439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820324021439I), Mar 24, 1982: Stnson L5 (N8369H), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed up after landing. Aircraft came to rest on all three wheels in a normal altitude. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.