- Date
- February 2, 1993, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6402MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930202001399A
- Case key
- 15662
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 commenced takeoff on a narrow runway with a left crosswind component. The airplane angled left. The pilot corrected alignment with right rudder and brake, but was left of centerline. When he released right brake, the airplane angled left into snow at the runway edge and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6402M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4402
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Petterson, Charles A.
- Registered owner
- Petterson, Charles A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 3NO
- Destination
- 3NO
- Airport
- 3NO · North Omaha, runway 17, 2,480 × 40 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 478 total · 217 in this make and model · 385 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) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OVN, 5 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.
Other investigations on N6402M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.