# NTSB FTW85LA013: Stinson 108-2, N9737K, Booker, TX, October 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1984, 19:15 local (Oct 15, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Booker, TX
- Coordinates: 36.44902, -100.540153 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4490&lon=-100.5402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - not operating (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9737K-2011-12-13), registration cancelled 2011-12-13, S/N 108-2737, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-2
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (registry code 9230406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A4165 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4165-series) (registry code 27025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 108-2
- Airframe hours: 1831
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841014067249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841014067249A), Oct 14, 1984: Univar 1082, Booker, TX, Substantial damage. Due to darkness and lights dimming from a low battery pilot inadvertently landed downwind and aircraft flipped over

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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