- Date
- April 9, 1990, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9741KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900409008969A
- Case key
- 36625
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Probable cause
The pilots improper operation of the flight controls which resulted in the loss of control of directional control of the airplane during a touch and go landing. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 student pilot said that after 4 or 5 touch and go's on runway 21, he was performing another landing when the right wing started to lift and the airplane started to drift to the right side of the runway. Left rudder was applied to avoid hitting runway lights. The airplane did not respond. The pilot also stated that he applied full power, left rudder, and probably left aileron when the airplane jumped to the left and headed toward a tree on the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that during the go-around he tried to climb over the tree, but he was not successful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9741K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2741
- Airframe hours
- 2,790
- Engine
- Franklin 6AA-165-03, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Mckeon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1989 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- 1B1 · Hudson, NY
- Airport
- 1B1 · Columbia Co., runway 21, 4,200 × 75 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 31 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.