# Accident 20160718024569A: Stinson 108-2, Haines, AK, July 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Haines, AK
- Airport: Haines
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2439° N, 135.5236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2439&lon=-135.5236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343C-2018-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-2
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160718024569A

## Narrative

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

N343C DEPARTED SKAGWAY AT APPROXIMATLY 12:00 PM, WEATHER CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS, TEMPURATURE IN THE MID SEVENTIES. FLIGHT TO HAINES WAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1400FT FOR MOST OF THE FLIGHT. AWOS REPORTED WINDS OF LESS THAN 4 KNOTS QUARTERING, PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 26. APPROACH AND LANDING UNEVENTFULL, AS PILOT STARTED THE TURN ON ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT SWUNG TO THE RIGHT QUICKLY, PILOT CORRECTED WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE, A/C DID NOT RESPOND. A/C CAME TO A STOP AFTER ROTATING 180% TO THE RIGHT, LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG FOLDED UP UNDER THE FUSELAGE AND LEFT WING TIP RESTING ON THE GROUND. ONE PROPELLER BLADE STUCK THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WHEEL BROKE APART AND SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT GEAR LEG.

## 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 ANC16LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA048), Jul 18, 2016: Stinson 108 (N343C), Haines, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a ground loop and overstress failure of the left main landing…

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.