- Date
- August 8, 1990, 16:30 local (Aug 9, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fareweel, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8708KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900808033269A
- Case key
- 5425
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to takeoff downwind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot stated that after takeoff, the airplane flew for about 600 feet then settled down into the bushes. He attributed this to a gusty 10-15 knot tailwind. The available takeoff area was about 500 feet long. The pilot's last bfr was in 1981, and FAA medical was in 1984.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8708K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1708
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Virgil Puckett
- Registered owner
- Don Puckett
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 68 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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.