# Incident 20260430006129I: Stinson L-5, Culpeper, VA, April 30, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2026, 15:45 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1156V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1156V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson L-5 (registry code 8630202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON L-5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 13 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260430006129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT, PRACTICING X-WIND TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS, HAD WIND BLOWING FROM THE LEFT, REPORTED TO BE BETWEEN 10-14 KTS.  PILOT LINED UP ON THE RUNWAY.  POWER WAS FIRMLY PUSHED IN AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLLING.  SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL AND SLOWLY PICKING UP MOMENTUM, IT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  PILOT NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE RUNWAY SURROUNDINGS OPTED TO ALLOW THE AIRSPEED TO PICK UP, BEFORE REDUCING POWER.  AIRCRAFT CLOSER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY...PILOT REALIZING HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT, PULLED POWER BACK AND BEGAN SLOWLY ADDING BRAKING.  BRAKING WAS SLOWING AIRCRAFT DOWN, BUT THE DOWNHILL SLOPE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY BOUNDARY BEGAN TO BECOME STEEPER, MORE OF AN INCLINE DOWN HILL.  HE FOUND HIMSELF TRYING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM COASTING AND THEN SAW THE CONCRETE DITCH THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS COASTING TOWARDS.  WITH SLOW MOTION AND THE BRAKES ON, HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSE OVER FORWARD AND STOP.  THE PROP HAD CONTACT WITH THE CONCRETE.

## Other reports on N1156V (1)

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

- [Accident 19850728038209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728038209A), Jul 28, 1985: Stnson L5 (N1156V), Waynesville, OH, Substantial damage. Collided with trees after engine quit on downwind of test flight. Float travel on newly installed carburetor wrong.

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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