- Date
- March 1, 2015, 11:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4449PStinson 108
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20150301007029A
- Case key
- 90859
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during landing, resulting in a collision with terrain.
Findings · 2
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 pilot was landing on a beach in his tailwheel equipped airplane. During the landing, the pilot lost control of the airplane and ground looped, sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot was landing on a beach in his tailwheel equipped airplane. During the landing, the pilot lost control of the airplane and ground looped, sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. No further information is available as the pilot has failed to submit NTSB Form 6120.1, Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4449P
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083565
- Built
- 1947
- Airframe hours
- 2,261
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Irving, Mark
- Registered owner
- Irving, Mark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CKU · Cordova, AK
- Destination
- CKU · Cordova, AK
- Airport
- CKU · Cordova Muni
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 27, 2014
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 24 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.43 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- PACV, 23 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 18, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 147 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.