- Date
- July 9, 1989, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65345Stinson V77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709021049A
- Case key
- 22894
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll in a high crosswind environment.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a full stop landing in direct crosswind conditions of 25 knots, directional control was lost. The aircraft exited the runway hard surface and nosed over in soft sand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65345
- Reported as
- Stinson V77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77-361
- Airframe hours
- 2,635
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN1-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kemp, James A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1988 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- TX04
- Airport
- TX04 · West Texas, runway 26, 4,100 × 50 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 100 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N65345 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.