# Accident 20070505007769A: Univar 108, Auburn, CA, May 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9547° N, 121.0817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9547&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97648, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97648-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 20 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070505007769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS DURING HIGH WIND CONDITIONS. PER PILOT THE WINDS WERE UP AND DOWN IN VELOCITY. DURING A TOUCH AND GO, THE WIND BECAME STRONGER AND THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHICH CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.(-23 AMENDMENT) DURING A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND DURING HIS LANDING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 LAX07CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA152), May 5, 2007: Stinson 108 (N97648), Auburn, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during an aborted landing that resulted in a stall/mush.

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.