- Date
- August 15, 1999, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Johnson Creek, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4072CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990815012109A
- Case key
- 47070
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a three-point landing between, '...rows of tall corn - approximately 10' high.' The pilot reported that during the landing rollout, he noticed the left wing contacting the corn. The pilot stated that he applied right rudder but the airplane continued to track within the rows of corn. The pilot reported that the airplane subsequently veered into the cornfield, nosed over, and came to rest in an inverted position. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any pre-accident anomalies with the airplane and its control systems.
Factual narrative
On July 15, 1999, at 1645 central daylight time, a Stinson 108-3, N4072C, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during an on-ground collision with terrain while landing at a private airstrip (1,900 feet by 45 feet, dry/grass) near Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight departed the Palmyra Municipal Airport, Palmyra, Wisconsin, at 1625.
According to the pilot's written statement, he made a three-point landing between, "...rows of tall corn - approximately 10' high." The pilot reported that during the landing rollout he noticed the left wing contacting the corn. The pilot stated that he applied right rudder, but the airplane continued to track within the rows of corn. The pilot reported that the airplane subsequently veered into the cornfield, nosed over, coming to rest in an inverted position.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examination of the wreckage did not reveal any pre-accident anomalies with the airplane and its control systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4072C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5072
- Airframe hours
- 4,821
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Wayne Zewiske
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1999 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 88C · Palmyra, WI
- Destination
- PVT · WI
- Airport
- PVT · Illgen Airstrip, runway 18, 1,900 × 45 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,629 total · 995 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 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.