- Date
- June 4, 2013, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N677JDStinson 108
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20130604008559A
- Case key
- 87093
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During the landing to a grass runway 18, the airplane "swung" to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and brake; however, the airplane departed the runway and nosed over in the muddy field adjacent the runway. The left wing strut was bent. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
During the landing to a grass runway 18, the airplane "swung" to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and brake; however, the airplane departed the runway and nosed over in the muddy field adjacent the runway. The left wing strut was bent. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N677JD
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-416
- Airframe hours
- 1,963
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4150 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 2013
- Departed
- 6I4 · Lebanon, IN
- Destination
- 6I4 · Lebanon, IN
- Airport
- 6I4 · Boone County Airport, runway 18, 3,600 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 3, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 26 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KTYQ, 9 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.
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 N677JD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.