- Date
- June 16, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97201Stinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616031049A
- Case key
- 25184
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Analysis
The commercial plt/cfi, attempted to takeoff when a left 40 deg, 15 to 25 knot crosswind existed. The plt lost directional control of the acft, & when attempting to abort the takeoff the acft's gear collapsed & the acft collided with a drainage ditch. The plt had a total flight time of 506 hrs, but only 6 hrs had been flown in this model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97201
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-201
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Taigh E. Ramey
- Registered owner
- Taigh E. Ramex
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 201 · Quincy, CA
- Destination
- 201Q · Quincy, CA
- Airport
- 201 · Gansner Field Quincy, runway 24, 4,100 × 60 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 506 total · 6 in this make and model · 455 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.