- Date
- June 1, 2003, 20:00 local (Jun 2, 2003, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jenison, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8278KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20030601011029A
- Case key
- 57175
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor to the accident was the overload of the right main landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage when the right landing gear collapsed while landing on a 49-foot wide asphalt runway. The pilot stated that upon touchdown the airplane instantly veered to the left. The pilot reported that he applied full right rudder and the brakes, but could not regain control of the airplane. The pilot stated that the right wing came in contact with the runway and the right landing gear collapsed. The airplane then veered off the side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On June 1, 2003, about 2000 eastern daylight time, a Stinson 108-1, N8278K, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when the right main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout on runway 32 (3,920 feet by 49 feet, asphalt) at the Riverview Airport, Jenison, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The flight departed from a private airstrip near Hudsonville, Michigan.
The pilot stated that upon touchdown the airplane instantly veered to the left. The pilot reported that he applied full right rudder and the brakes, but could not regain control of the airplane. The pilot stated that the right wing came in contact with the ground, and the right landing gear collapsed. The airplane then "slid" off the left side of the runway, and the propeller struck the ground twice before the airplane came to a full stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8278K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1278
- Airframe hours
- 1,784
- Engine
- Franklin O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- MV Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Mitchell Veenstra
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 2003 · 22.5 hours before
- Departed
- MI82 · Hudsonville, MI
- Destination
- 08C · Jenison, MI
- Airport
- 08C · Riverview, runway 32, 3,920 × 49 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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- July 26, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 52 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 13 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.