- Date
- June 5, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8838KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860605057779A
- Case key
- 7200
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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
Reportedly, during the landing roll, the acft went off the right side of the rwy and continued across a shallow ditch and down an embankment. The plt stated that the acft did not RESP0ND to control and brake inputs to correct the swerve in calm winds. The FAA & NTSB were not notified of the occurrence until after the acft was removed from the site. No preimpact part problem was verified during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8838K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1838
- Airframe hours
- 1,807
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Olin P. Messer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 4, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 7
- Airport
- 7A5 · Roanoke Muni, runway 11, 3,700 × 80 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total · 1,650 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANB, 36 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.