- Date
- October 17, 1991, 09:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Bowie, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1625SSnow S2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911017046839A
- Case key
- 27480
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after landing. The unfavorable wind condition was a related factor.
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 was landing on a dirt airstrip after completing an aerial application flight. About 150 feet after touchdown, the airplane encountered a dust devil and it swerved to the right. The airplane struck a 15-foot ditch on the right side of the runway, damaging the landing gear and left wing. Wind conditions were reported by the pilot to be light and variable until the encounter with the dust devil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1625S
- Reported as
- Snow S2C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1180C-600
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Charles Stutesman, doing business as Air Apco
- Registered owner
- Charles Stutesman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1991
- Departed
- NONE · Bowie, AZ
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °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 N1625S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.