- Date
- December 3, 1989, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rialto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N334KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891203048819A
- Case key
- 26696
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factors were the gusty crosswind conditions.
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
The pilot reported he lost control during a crosswind landing, and the left gear collapsed during the subsequent groundloop. The winds were gusting, and he reported he should have performed a fly-by to determine the wind conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N334K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2378
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill T. Good
- Departed
- U08 · Overton, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L67 · Rialto, runway 24, 4,500 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.