- Date
- January 21, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9923KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23603
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot was attempting a takeoff from Yucca Valley airport when he lost control of the aircraft and it swerved off therunway into a wash where it flipped over onto its back. The pilot said he encountered a dust devil which made the aircraft uncontrollable. The weather was VMC with temperature in the 60'S and the wind from the east at 3 to 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9923K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2823
- Airframe hours
- 2,868
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Montia Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- L22 · Yucca Valley, runway 6, 3,550 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 130 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F