- Date
- August 18, 1990, 21:00 local (Aug 19, 1990, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cold Foot, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9462KStinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900819034099A
- Case key
- 5431
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying speed.
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
During takeoff on a mining strip, the airplane struck a large rubber tire lying at the end of the runway. The landing gear was substantially damaged and the pilot elected to fly to coldfoot for his emergency landing. During the approach to coldfoot and on short final, the pilot stalled the airplane and crashed on the approach end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9462K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1082462
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Franklin 145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beyers, David W.
- Registered owner
- David W Beyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Chapman Creek, AK
- Airport
- CXF · Coldfoot
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 200 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9462K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.