# Incident 20061204027749I: Univar 1081, Salinas, CA, December 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8927K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8927K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1081
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061204027749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 04, 2006, AT ABOUT 1730 LOCAL TIME, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF N8927K, A STINSON-108-1 WAS LANDING AT SALINAS AIRPORT (SNS). WHILE ON APPROACH THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT THAT HAD TO BE CORRECTED FOR. THE PILOT STARTED TO FLARE AND COULD NOT LONGER SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS OVER THE NOSE. AT THIS TIME HE ADDED POWER TO SLOW THE DESCENT. WHEN THE GROUND CAME INTO SIGHT, HE REALIZED HE HAD DRIFTED RIGHT AND HAD NO TIME TO CORRECT BEFORE HITTING THE RUNWAY SIGN.

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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