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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Stinson 108-3 · Stanley, ID · June 30, 2012

Date
June 30, 2012 · 13:45 local
Place
Stanley, ID
Airport
Bruce Meadows
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N773C
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA283
Reported as
Stinson 108-3
Reported engine
Franklin 6A4165 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
4
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total113 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 30 June 2012 at approximately 1400 N773C, a stnson 108-3PILOTED by privacy data omitted and three passengers, departed from Bruce Meadows (U63) no runway 23 (5000 feet). It took the entire length of the runway and rose to an altitude of approximately ninety feet. The land rises from the west end of the valley and as it rose the aircraft could not climb faster than the terrian. The aircraft eventually contacted the trees and crashed and came to rest upside down on the ground. The aircraft was substantial damaged with the pilot and passengers substaining minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON 30 JUNE 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 N773C, A STNSON 108-3PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THREE PASSENGERS, DEPARTED FROM BRUCE MEADOWS (U63) NO RUNWAY 23 (5000 FEET). IT TOOK THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND ROSE TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY NINETY FEET. THE LAND RISES FROM THE WEST END OF THE VALLEY AND AS IT ROSE THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CLIMB FASTER THAN THE TERRIAN. THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY CONTACTED THE TREES AND CRASHED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED WITH THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SUBSTAINING MINOR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.