- Date
- September 8, 2016, 18:28 local (23:28 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N178Stinson L 5
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160908015099A
- Case key
- 94003
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll, the airplane veered off the runway to the right, ground looped, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll, the airplane veered off the runway to the right, ground looped, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N178
- Reported as
- Stinson L 5 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3571
- Built
- 1945
- Airframe hours
- 3,064.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tex Hill Wing, Commerative Air Force
- Registered owner
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 2016
- Departed
- SSF · San Antonio, TX
- Destination
- SSF · San Antonio, TX
- Airport
- SSF · Stinson Muni, runway 14, 4,128 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 7, 2016
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 8,004 total · 5 in this make and model · 5,832 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 4, 2015
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KSSF
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 7, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 366 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.