- Date
- April 18, 1967
- Place
- University Prk, PA · UNIVERSITY PRK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8866KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1232 67/4/18 UNIVERSITY PRK,PA STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 2000 TIME - 1715 N8866K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1723 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 90 DEGREE XWIND GUSTING TO 30 KTS EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY.UNICOM NOT CONTACTED BY PLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8866K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- University Park
N8866KRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2011 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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.