# Accident 20151203020739A: Stinson 108, Medicne Lodge, KS, December 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2015, 16:32 local time
- Place: Medicne Lodge, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2851° N, 98.5812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medicine Lodge, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2851&lon=-98.5812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97537, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97537) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151203020739A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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