- Date
- September 27, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16182Stinson SR8B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11341
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The pilot diverted to falwell airport due to deteriorating weather and uneven fuel consumption indication between the left and right fuel tanks. During the landing approach for runway 28 the pilot noted the upslope of the runway surface. The pilot misjudged his landing and the aircraft touched down hard bouncing aprx 8 ft back into the air. The pilot then initiated a go-around which he subsequently aborted due to the terrain condition. During the second landing the pilot inadvertently applied the rudder pedal heel brakes and the acft nosed over on touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16182
- Reported as
- Stinson SR8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9756
- Airframe hours
- 2,254
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-9, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen K. Kirkner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987
- Departed
- ANP · Annapolis, MD
- Destination
- Pulaski, VA
- Airport
- W24 · Falwell, runway 28, 2,900 × 24 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 26 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg