- Date
- April 4, 1965
- Place
- Weedsport, NY · WEEDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97488Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179539
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0536 65/4/4 WEEDSPORT NY STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 252 TIME - 1030 N97488 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITFORDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97488
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitfords
N97488Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2020 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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