- Date
- October 14, 1984, 19:15 local (Oct 15, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Booker, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9737KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841014067249A
- Case key
- 21602
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt arrived at destination at dusk. Lighted wind tetrahedron was out of service. Plt executed low pass in unsuccesful attempt to see windsock. Plt was aware of strong surface winds (about 35 KTS), presumed to be from sw, from recent frontal passage and selected that landing direction. Acft landed long, plt realized a strong tailwind existed but felt tailwheel acft would not make a successful go-around. Acft overran prepared surface, plt steered into tall grass to assist deceleration. Combination of vegetation resistance and tailwind gust caused acft to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9737K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2
- Airframe hours
- 1,831
- Engine
- Franklin GA4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brent Barby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1984
- Departed
- Plainview, TX
- Destination
- Booker, TX
- Airport
- BGD · Mithell Field, runway 17, 3,900 × 30 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 20 in this make and model · 288 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GAG, 38 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.