- Date
- August 18, 2001, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dover, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6898MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20010818024489A
- Case key
- 53105
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Probable cause
the pilot's delay in aborting the landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the 1,621-hour pilot, as the airplane landed on runway 02, which is 2,100 feet in length and grass covered, he "realized that [he] had insufficient room to stop before running out of runway." He aborted the landing and applied full power. The airplane became airborne; however, the main landing gear contacted a 4-foot tall chain link fence past the departure end of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane crossed a road and came to a stop 90 feet from the fence, among pine saplings. The pilot reported that, at the time of the accident, the wind was from the west at 7 knots.
Factual narrative
On August 18, 2001, at 1800 central daylight time, a Stinson 108-3 airplane, N6898M, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during an aborted landing at the Landers Loop Airport, Dover, Arkansas. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight originated from the Russellville Regional Airport, Russellville, Arkansas, at 1730.
According to the pilot, as he landed the airplane on runway 02, which is 2,100 feet in length and grass covered, he "realized that [he] had insufficient room to stop before running out of runway." He aborted the landing and applied full power. The airplane became airborne; however, the main landing gear contacted a 4-foot tall chain link fence past the departure end of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane crossed a road and came to a stop 90 feet from the fence, among pine saplings. The airplane's propeller, landing gear, both wing leading edges and both wing spars were damaged.
At 1753, the weather observation facility at the Russellville Regional Airport, Russellville, Arkansas, (located approximately 10 miles south of the accident site) reported the wind from 330 degrees at 7 knots, visibility 10 miles, clear skies, temperature 89 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 66 degrees Fahrenheit, and an altimeter setting of 29.89 inches of Mercury. The pilot reported that, at the time of the accident, the wind was from the west at 7 knots.
The pilot added that he had accumulated a total of 1,621 flight hours, of which 170 were in the make and model of the accident airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6898M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4898
- Airframe hours
- 2,108
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sidney L. Brain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 2001 · 33.6 hours before
- Departed
- RUE · Russellville, AR
- Destination
- AR89 · Dover, AR
- Airport
- AR89 · Landers Loop, runway 02, 2,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Last flight review
- May 5, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,621 total · 170 in this make and model · 1,492 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- RUE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6898M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.