- Date
- October 9, 1999, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N871CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991009030799A
- Case key
- 47552
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing crosswind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was on landing rollout at a private dirt airstrip when a gust of wind pushed the airplane to the left side of the runway. The pilot tried to counter with rudder control, but was unable to prevent the airplane from departing the runway. The airplane hit a 2-foot-high berm and encountered a ditch.
Factual narrative
On October 9, 1999, about 0700 hours mountain standard time, a Stinson 108-3, N871C, sustained substantial damage when it collided with ground obstacles after veering off the left side of the runway while landing at a private dirt strip near Yuma, Arizona. The private pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the passenger was not injured. The personal flight originated from a private landing strip in Somerton, Arizona, about 0645. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot stated he was on landing rollout when a gust of wind pushed the airplane to the left side of the runway. The pilot tried to counter with rudder control, but was unable to prevent the airplane from departing the runway. The airplane hit a 2-foot-high berm and encountered a ditch, collapsing the right main landing gear and buckling the airframe in the gear attachment area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N871C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3871
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Eaton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1998 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- P49 · Somerton, AZ
- Airport
- NONE · Larry Boyd Farms, runway 15, 2,500 × 60 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 542 total · 42 in this make and model · 507 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YUM
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 N871C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.