- Date
- January 15, 1989, 18:00 local (Jan 16, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- South St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8726KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890115000679A
- Case key
- 34746
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the 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
While attempting to land parallel to runway 34 on a sod, snow covered runway, at night, the ski equipped aircraft lost directional control, ground looped, and ended up on it's nose. A 50 degree left crosswind of about 20 knots existed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8726K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180-1726
- Airframe hours
- 2,366
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Troedson, Wesley M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- RNH · New Richmond, WI
- Airport
- D97 · South St. Paul, runway 34, 4,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 296 total · 67 in this make and model · 296 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °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.