# Accident 20171111018679A: Stinson SR-5E, Burlington, WA, November 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2017, 06:45 local time
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4667° N, 122.4181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4667&lon=-122.4181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STINSON SR-5E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680E SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,864 total, 340 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171111018679A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS REPOSITIONING THE FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRPLANE TO SKAGIT COUNTY AIRPORT FOR WINTER STORAGE. WHILE LANDING IN THE GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 22, HE LANDED LONGER THAN HE INTENDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL/SLIDE, THE AIRPLANE CROSSED A DIRT ROAD, BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE, SETTLED ONTO THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WIND, DAMAGING THE WING SPAR, AND BENDING THE STRUTS.

## 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 GAA18CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA042), Nov 11, 2017: Stinson SR 5E (N141WC), Burlington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose-over. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s improper decision to land on a closed alternate grass 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.

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