- Date
- March 25, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97270Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325009879A
- Case key
- 12116
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Analysis
The acft collided with a snow bank and nosed over during landing. The weather was VMC and the wind was from 210 degrees at 5 KTS. The pilot reported his right foot slipped off the the rudder pedal and 'attributes this to stinsons and many other acft were not designed for pilots of above average height. As I pulled to free my right foot, the right rudder pedal was also pulled in action and the craft veered left into a snow bank along the runway and nosed over in soft snow, upside down'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97270
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108270
- Airframe hours
- 2,015
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnny Angel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982
- Departed
- 418 · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- RCR · Fulton County, runway 29, 3,200 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 11 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.