- Date
- June 23, 1984, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97205Stinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840623026659A
- Case key
- 24321
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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.
Analysis
A prospective buyer in the left seat was initiating a takeoff in a tail wheel acft when the acft ground looped and the right main landing gear collapsed. The owner in the right seat was unable to correct the situation in time. The buyer had professed proficiency but he was not current and his medical certificate had expired in 1961.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97205
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-205
- Airframe hours
- 1,395
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond V. Knight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 9, 1984
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Destination
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 26, 6,020 × 150 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 708 total · 189 in this make and model · 394 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.