- Date
- September 2, 1991, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Steamboat Sprin, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N40159Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902065889A
- Case key
- 18130
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Probable cause
A swerve initiated by the pilot in command to avoid a collision with a deer during takeoff roll.
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 takeoff roll, just after the tail came up, the pilot saw a deer on the runway. Evasive action was taken and the aircraft departed the side of the runway and overturned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40159
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8
- Engine
- Franklin 6AH-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carol J. Leyner
- Registered owner
- Carol J. Leyner
- Airport
- SBS · Steamboat Springs, runway 32, 3,655 × 100 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 259 total · 78 in this make and model · 259 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- 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.