- Date
- November 4, 1971
- Place
- Watkins, CO · WATKINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97086Stinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164064
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4129 71/11/4 WATKINS,COLO STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N97086 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST COLFAX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATKINS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97086
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Colfax
N97086Registration cancelled May 26, 1976 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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.