- Date
- June 10, 1989, 21:50 local (Jun 11, 1989, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N151CStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890611015179A
- Case key
- 14366
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Probable cause
Pilot in command attempting to land with too high an aispeed and with insufficient runway remaining to allow either a go around or the ability to bring the airplane to a stop in the space remaining.
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
During the go-around attempt following a balked landing the airplane failed to clear the embankment located on the departure end of the 2,100 foot sod runway. The main landing gear failed as it struck the embankment and the airplane skipped across a road and skidded to a stop in a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3151
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R. Miller
- Registered owner
- Dick L Henry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 34 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.