# Incident 20141114020239I: Stinson 108-3, Allentown, PA, November 14, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2014, 12:05 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N516C) (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: STINSON 108-3
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 558 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141114020239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ABE, LANDED AND DEPARTED XLL WITHOUT INCIDENT, PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO ABE WHERE AIRCRAFT IS DOMICILED DUE TO WINDS.  AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 24, WINDS REPORTED FROM 290 AT 9-10 GUSTING TO 22-23. PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE TAIL HAD SETTELED, AND A WIND GUST WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSINTG HIM TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, HE HAD INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO CORRECT BEFORE THE PROP STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN.

## Other reports on N516C (1)

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

- [Incident 19870307044129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870307044129I), Mar 7, 1987: Univar 1083 (N516C), Hudson, NY, Minor damage. Allowed aircraft to veer into snowbank on rollout.

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.