- Date
- March 15, 2006, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Limon, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8947KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060315005439A
- Case key
- 63350
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aborted landing resulting in an impact with a ditch. Contributing factors were the gusty wind conditions and the pilot's improper compensation for the wind conditions during landing.
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 landing on runway 16, the pilot felt a strong gust of wind push the airplane to the right. The pilot then applied power in an attempt to abort the landing. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a drainage ditch approximately 40 feet to the right of the runway, and the airplane came to rest upright. The pilot reported the wind from 190 degrees at 18 knots, gusting to 24 knots.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he felt a strong gust of wind push the airplane to the right during landing on runway 16. The pilot then applied power in an attempt to abort the landing. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a drainage ditch approximately 40 feet to the right of the runway, and the airplane came to rest upright. The pilot reported the wind from 190 degrees at 18 knots, gusting to 24 knots.
At 0955, the Limon Muncipal Airport, Limon, Colorado, automated surface observing system reported the wind from 210 degrees at 24 knots, gusting to 34 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8947K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1946
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Purvis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ULS · Ulysses, KS
- Destination
- LIC · Limon, CO
- Airport
- LIC · Limon Muni, runway 16
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 180 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.