- Date
- April 14, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Factoryville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8933KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820414011429A
- Case key
- 70644
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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 practicing landings in gusty wind conditions. He reported that the first landing was uneventful, but the second landing was aborted due to gusty turbulence. He stated that the third landing was made in relatively calm wind conditions until just after touchdown when left quartering gusts caused the plane to weathervane. The aircraft went off of the runway and nosed over in deep mud. The wind was gusting to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8933K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1933
- Airframe hours
- 2,487
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard J Willis
- Registered owner
- Bernard J Willis
- Departed
- Factoryville, PA
- Destination
- Factoryville, PA
- Airport
- Seamans, runway 4, 2,000 × 100 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 107 in this make and model · 148 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.