- Date
- February 16, 2022, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6493Stinson 108
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 104656
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Probable cause
The student pilot’s incorrect tail wheel takeoff procedure, and the flight instructor’s lack of remedial action, which resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot receiving tail wheel instruction (student pilot) stated that during takeoff, he raised the tail wheel too high, and the propeller contacted the ground. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The student pilot added that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions and the flight instructor confirmed the student pilot’s statement. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspection revealed substantial damage to the wings and vertical stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6493
- Reported as
- Stinson 108 (3)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4493
- Built
- 1948
- Airframe hours
- 3,075.1
- Engine
- Franklin 335, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 2021
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- PHK · Palm Beach County Glades, runway 36, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 12, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 7.2 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1.5 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 25, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 20,100 total · 825 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 95 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.38 inHg
- Observed at
- KPBI, 32 nm away
- METAR
- KPBI 161553Z 10019G24KT 10SM SCT031 SCT042 SCT250 25/16 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP286 T02500156
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.1 MB in all.