- Date
- October 18, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Henryville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N990CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871018060059A
- Case key
- 36034
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On takeoff from a private airport, the flight encountered downdrafts and the left wing dropped. As the pilot attempted to level the wings, he realized that the aircraft was no longer climbing but descending at a rapid rate. The aircraft crashed on rising wooded terrain, became inverted and was consumed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N990C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-39990
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Claire Friedman
- Registered owner
- Richard Becker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ESP · E. Stroudsburg, PA
- Destination
- Red Hook, NY
- Airport
- ESP · Brichwood-Pocono Airport, runway 31, 2,535 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,004 total · 112 in this make and model · 2,351 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.