- Date
- August 4, 1991, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elwood, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8619KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910804031309A
- Case key
- 15148
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Probable cause
A premature lift-off which resulted in a mush/stall. A factor related to the accident was lack of total experience in type of operation.
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
The pilot said that after hitting a hump in the runway during takeoff and becoming prematurely airborne, he was unable to attain a positive climb. The acft mushed back into an adjacent cornfield. The pilot said this was his first attempt to takeoff with a rear seat passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8619K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1619
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hunt, David A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 1Z1 · Mccordville, IN
- Airport
- 311 · Elwood, runway 36, 2,300 × 300 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 159 in this make and model · 123 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MIE, 25 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.