20151203020739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Stinson 108 · Medicne Lodge, KS · December 3, 2015

Date
December 3, 2015 · 16:32 local
Place
Medicne Lodge, KS
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N97537
Reported as
Stinson 108
Reported engine
Franklin 6A4150 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

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What happened

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

On December 3, 2015, at approximately 1632 central daylight time (CDT) (2232 UTC), the airman, holder of commercial pilot certificate and pilot-in-command (PIC) of a Stinson-108 series aircraft, was involved in an aircraft accident that occurred while landing at the airman?s private runway located in the vicinity of the medicine Lodge, Kansas. privacy data omitted. The airman?s private runway is located at his residence near medicine Lodge, Kansas. The private runway is aligned in a northeasterly/southwesterly direction; the runway is approximately 1,032 feet in length and has trees lining both the arrival and departure ends of the runway. The prevailing winds were light and variable from the west to northwest, which were approximately 90 degrees to the runway orientation. As the aircraft approached the runway, the airman stated that the trees at the approach end were much taller than they were several years ago when the airman landed there. The airman established a final approach to the private runway on a northeasterly heading however the altitude was much higher than desired. The aircraft was configured with flaps down for landing. The airman touched-down approximately half-way down the 1,032 foot runway, and bounced. A go-around was elected due to the shortness of the remaining runway and the presence of tall trees on the departure end of the runway. Executing the go-around, the airman attempted to raise the landing flaps and initiated a right turn to the east to avoid the tree line and power line. The aircraft?s right wing struck a fence post and the aircraft impacted the sandy ground causing the aircraft to flip over.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 3, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1632 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT) (2232 UTC), THE AIRMAN, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OF A STINSON-108 SERIES AIRCRAFT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WHILE LANDING AT THE AIRMAN?S PRIVATE RUNWAY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRMAN?S PRIVATE RUNWAY IS LOCATED AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS. THE PRIVATE RUNWAY IS ALIGNED IN A NORTHEASTERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION; THE RUNWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 1,032 FEET IN LENGTH AND HAS TREES LINING BOTH THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ENDS OF THE RUNWAY. THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST, WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY ORIENTATION. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE TREES AT THE APPROACH END WERE MUCH TALLER THAN THEY WERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE AIRMAN LANDED THERE. THE AIRMAN ESTABLISHED A FINAL APPROACH TO THE PRIVATE RUNWAY ON A NORTHEASTERLY HEADING HOWEVER THE ALTITUDE WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN DESIRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FLAPS DOWN FOR LANDING. THE AIRMAN TOUCHED-DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF-WAY DOWN THE 1,032 FOOT RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED. A GO-AROUND WAS ELECTED DUE TO THE SHORTNESS OF THE REMAINING RUNWAY AND THE PRESENCE OF TALL TREES ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. EXECUTING THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE LANDING FLAPS AND INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO THE EAST TO AVOID THE TREE LINE AND POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT WING STRUCK A FENCE POST AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SANDY GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.