# NTSB ERA22LA353: Stinson 108-1, N9162K, Columbus, OH, July 30, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 30, 2022, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 39.999119, -82.888363 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9991&lon=-82.8884&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105655/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105655
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA353

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and a collapse of the left main landing gear.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Stinson 108-1, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=9230404), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Stinson 108-1, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=9230404), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Stinson 108-1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=9230404), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Stinson 108-1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=9230404), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, while landing, the airplane bounced twice and during the landing roll the airplane veered to the right. The pilot applied left rudder, but the airplane continued to turn right and came to a stop. Once the pilot egressed the airplane, he noticed that the left main landing gear had collapsed. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9162K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9162K), registered now, S/N 108-2162, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-1
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-1) (registry code 9230404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A4150 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (registry code 27024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 108-2162
- Year built: 1947
- Airframe hours: 2751
- Engines: Franklin 6A4-150 150 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2022
- Departed: LHQ, Lancaster, OH
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: CMH, John Glenn Columbus Intl, runway 28R, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 14, 2020; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 1,038 total, 56 in this make and model, 940 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.23 inHg
- Observed at: KCMH, 1 nm away
- METAR: KCMH 301451Z 00000KT 10SM SCT200 24/16 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP231 T02390156 51011 $

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220730013609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730013609A), Jul 30, 2022: Stinson 108-1, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted], Stinson, lhq-cmh, landing runway 28R, landed hard, left gear broke and folded under cabin. Striking left wing on ground and prop.…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 24, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105655. 4.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14556208&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=61220_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 444 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14556748&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement_8-3-22_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14556521&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Invetigative%20Photo%27s-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum of record - correspondence with pilot (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14561637&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandom-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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