- Date
- May 18, 2004, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16181Stinson SR-8E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20040518030309A
- Case key
- 59261
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out resulting in a loss of control and ground loop.
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 pilot stated he was on landing roll out when he lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane ground looped to the left and the left elevator received structural damage. The pilot stated the airplane did not experience any mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On May 18, 2004, at 1700 eastern daylight time, a Stinson SR-8E, N16181, registered to Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with the ground during landing rollout at Peachtree City Airport, Peachtree City, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The airline transport pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The flight originated from Peachtree City on May 18, 2004, at 1650.
The pilot stated he departed Peachtree City Airport on runway 13 and remained in right closed traffic. According to the pilot, the airplane touched down and was on landing rollout when he lost directional control. The airplane ground looped to the left and the left elevator collided with the ground and received structural damage. When asked if the airplane experienced any mechanical failures prior to the loss of control, the pilot stated no.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16181
- Reported as
- Stinson SR-8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9755
- Airframe hours
- 4,598
- Engine
- Wright 760E-2, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 2004 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- FFC · Peachtree City, GA
- Destination
- FFC
- Airport
- FFC · Peachtree City, runway 13, 5,219 × 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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- January 25, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,348 total · 1 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.