- Date
- June 29, 2005, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8000KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration Scottsdale FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050629015819A
- Case key
- 61891
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane ground looped during the landing rollout on runway 21L. The pilot said that during the landing rollout he experienced a strong pull toward the right. He then applied left rudder to counteract the right pulling force. Shortly thereafter, the airplane turned off the paved runway to the left, at which time the right main landing gear wheel dug into the turf causing the right wing tip to come down and strike the ground. The airplane's final resting position was opposite the direction of the landing. An aviation routine weather report issued for Prescott at 1253, reported that the winds were variable at 4 knots. The pilot reported that the turbulence in the traffic pattern was moderate. He checked the windsock prior to landing and observed a southwest wind with some variability in direction. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Factual narrative
On June 29, 2005, about 1145 mountain standard time, a Stinson 108-2, N8000K, ground looped during landing rollout at the Ernest A. Love Field Airport, Prescott, Arizona. The pilot-owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot was not injured; the airplane was substantially damaged. The personal cross-country flight departed Falcon Field Airport, Mesa, Arizona, about 1038, with a planned destination of Prescott. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that during the landing rollout on 21L, he experienced a strong pull toward the right. He then applied left rudder to counteract the right pulling force. Shortly thereafter, the airplane turned off the paved runway to the left, at which time the right main landing gear wheel dug into the turf causing the right wing tip to come down and strike the ground. The airplane's final resting position was opposite the direction of the landing.
The pilot reported that the turbulence in the traffic pattern was moderate. He checked the windsock prior to landing and observed a southwest wind with some variability in direction.
An aviation routine weather report (METAR) issued for Prescott at 1253, reported that the winds were variable at 4 knots.
The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8000K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3000
- Airframe hours
- 4,817
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Hannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 2004 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love Field Airport, runway 21L, 7,550 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 78
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 743 total · 228 in this make and model · 666 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.