# Accident 20030706013679A: Univar 1083, Vernal, UT, July 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4461° N, 109.5003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4461&lon=-109.5003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121N) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 826 total, 75 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706013679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A VFR APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT VERNAL, UTAH AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A GROUND LOOP. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. FOLLOWING AN ON-SITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE SLC-FSDO, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN FIRST BELIEVED. THEREFORE, THIS IS BEING RECLASSIFIED AS AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. THIS IS AN INTERIM REPORT, WHEN ALL OF THE FACTS BECOME AVAILABLE, A FINAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED. DENVER NTSB HAS ASSIGNED A FILE NUMBER OF DEN03LA131.

## 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 DEN03LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA131), Jul 6, 2003: Stinson 108-3 (N121N), Vernal, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing that resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.

## Other reports on N121N (1)

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

- [Incident 20080209010689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209010689I), Feb 9, 2008: Univar 1083 (N121N), Del Norte, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On February 9, 2008, at 09:00 MST, a Stinson 108-3, N121N, registered to [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 26 at the Del Norte municipal & county…

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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