- Date
- May 27, 1985, 17:15 local (May 28, 1985, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6175MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850527023249A
- Case key
- 4495
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing with a gusty x-wind, the acft bounced, the left wing dragged the ground & the acft went off the rwy. The plt stated that due to the x-wind & his foot slipping off of the rudder pedal, he was unable to maintain directional control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6175M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4175
- Airframe hours
- 2,264
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lorn Robert Struthers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1984 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- SKW · Skwentna, AK
- Destination
- Z15
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 19, 4,000 × 100 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 52 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 205° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N6175M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.