- Date
- June 7, 1991, 12:24 local (18:24 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9759KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910607020649A
- Case key
- 18095
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A forward aft pilot seat adjustment locking mechanism failure.
Analysis
During takeoff run, the forward aft pilot seat adjustment released and the seat went full aft. The pilot could not reach the controls to apply corrections and the aircraft departed the side of the runway, entered soft terrain, and flipped over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9759K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083759
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoback, Frank
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Municipal, runway 2, 8,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.