- Date
- April 8, 1989, 10:22 local (17:22 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6662MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890408006909A
- Case key
- 26374
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained by the pilot. Unfavorable wind, high wind, and gusts were contributing factors.
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
According to the plt, the wind sock indicated there was little wind before he landed. He rprtd that after landing on rwy 7, the wind shifted & a gust blew the acft to the right. Subsequently, the acft went off the right side of the rwy & nosed over. Witnesses rprtd the wind was variable & gusty at the time of the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6662M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vickers, Kennith D.
- Departed
- San Jose, CA
- Airport
- LVR · Livermore, runway 7, 4,005 × 100 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 854 total · 297 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.