# NTSB CHI85LA061: Stinson 108-2, N9370K, Sterling, IL, December 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1984, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Sterling, IL
- Coordinates: 41.790016, -89.689842 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7900&lon=-89.6898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12965
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12965/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of experience, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED & CARTWHEELED WHILE LANDING DURING A PERSONAL FLT. THE PLT LACKED EXPERIENCE IN TAILWHEEL TYPE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9370K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9370K-2002-11-06), registration cancelled 2002-11-06, S/N 108-2370, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-2
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (registry code 9230406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A4165 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (registry code 27025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 108-2
- Airframe hours: 1387
- Engines: FRANKLIN 6A4-165-B3 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hugh D. Browning
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 20, 1983, 52 hours before
- Departed: C55, MT. MORRIS, IL
- Airport: SQI, Whiteside, runway 25, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 79 total, 9 in this make and model, 38 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RFD, 31 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841201064249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841201064249A), Dec 1, 1984: Univar 1082, Sterling, IL, Substantial damage. Ground looped and cartwheeled during rolout in light crosswind. Pilot did not have much tailwheel experience.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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