- Date
- October 12, 1991, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Susanville, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87607Stinson 108-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911012045879A
- Case key
- 27476
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall due to the failure of the pilot to maintain a correct airspeed during the approach.
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
In a statement to FAA inspectors the pilot said he was turning from base to final approach when the aircraft suddenly stalled. The aircraft mushed into the ground short of the runway. In his completed pilot aircraft accident report NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot said that he was thinking more about fishing than flying the aircraft during the approach to the airport. He noted that he should have 'paid more attention to his airspeed'. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87607
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8
- Airframe hours
- 2,794
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roach, Thomas R
- Registered owner
- Roach, Thomas R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Q94 · Rio Linda, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1Q2 · Spaulding, runway 16, 4,600 × 50 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 600 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N87607 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.