# Incident 20080209010689I: Univar 1083, Del Norte, CO, February 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Del Norte, CO
- Airport: Del Norte Municipal & Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6780° N, 106.3530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Del Norte, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6780&lon=-106.3530&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,084 total, 338 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209010689I

## Narrative

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

(-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 AIRPORT (K8V1) IN DEL NORTE, COLORADO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HAVING HIS BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WITH A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE TWO WERE LANDING, WHEN THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE ON CENTERLINE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN, IT BECAME APPARENT TO THE CREW THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED THE RIGHT BRAKE TO KEEP AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE ELEVATORS BECAME INEFFECTIVE, THE NOSE DROPPED AND AIRCRAFT ROLLED UP ON ITS NOSE AND HIT THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MONTE VISTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMVI) AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE DEL NORTE MUNICIPAL & COUNTY AIRPORT (K8V1). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER SPINNER, PROPELLER, FORWARD ENGINE COWLING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N121N (1)

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

- [Accident 20030706013679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706013679A), Jul 6, 2003: Univar 1083 (N121N), Vernal, UT, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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