# NTSB NYC88LA010: Stinson 108-3, N990C, Henryville, PA, October 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 18, 1987, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Henryville, PA
- Coordinates: 41.089134, -75.260192 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0891&lon=-75.2602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36034/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA010

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, climb - to cruise
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, climb - to cruise
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N990C-1990-02-26), registration cancelled 1990-02-26, S/N 1083990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-3
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (registry code 9230408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 108-39990
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871018060059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871018060059A), Oct 18, 1987: Univar 1083, East Stroudsbur, PA, Destroyed. Unable to stop high sink rate on climbout. Crashed in rising wooded terrain. Wind was flowing down lee side of hill

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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