# Accident 20080711841049A: Univar 108, Alliance, NE, July 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2008, 19:15 local time
- Place: Alliance, NE
- Airport: Alliance Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0369° N, 102.7869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0369&lon=-102.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97484, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97484-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080711841049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11,2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 MST, THE PILOT OF A STINSON 108, N97484, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPART RUNWAY 8 AT ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AIA) LOCATED IN ALLIANCE NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND ROLLED UP ONTO THE NOSE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL DEPARTURE. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT METAR INDICATED WINDS OF 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS AT A HEADING OF 030. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DFW08CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA189), Jul 12, 2008: Stinson 108-1 (N97484), Alliance, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on takeoff. Contributing to the accident was a lack of total experience.

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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