- Date
- June 7, 2010, 16:30 local (Jun 8, 2010, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Galena, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N136SPStinson 108-1
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-01
- FAA report
- 20100607037389A
- Case key
- 76269
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, resulting in a ground-loop, and collapse of the right main landing gear.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The private pilot was taking off on a personal local flight, under Title 14, CFR Part 91. He reported that during takeoff, the airplane encountered a gust of wind which he was unable to counter with rudder and aileron. He said he pulled the throttle to abort the takeoff, but the airplane ground-looped to the left, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. He said the right wing sustained substantial damage during the accident. He said there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The private pilot was taking off on a personal local flight, under Title 14, CFR Part 91. The pilot reported that during takeoff, the airplane encountered a gust of wind which he was unable to counter with rudder and aileron. He said he pulled the throttle to abort the takeoff, but the airplane ground-looped to the left, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. He said there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. He said the right wing sustained substantial damage during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136SP
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-931
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4150 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Huntington
- Registered owner
- Roger Huntington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 2010
- Departed
- PAGA · Galena, AK
- Destination
- PAGA · Galena, AK
- Airport
- PAGA · Galena, runway 07, 7,249 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 6, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,034 total · 63 in this make and model · 34 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 16, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 657 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N136SP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.