- Date
- May 14, 1990, 09:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Warehouse Point, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48SWStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900514015879A
- Case key
- 36644
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during a landing with a gusty crosswind.
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 Stinson 108 was landing on runway 10 with nearby reported winds of 020 degrees at 13 knots, with gust to 19 knots. The pilot experienced a loss of directional control and the aircraft departed the left side of the runway and struck two parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48SW
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4076
- Airframe hours
- 2,490
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Bourgue
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1989 · 144 hours before
- Departed
- 4B9 · Simsbury, CT
- Airport
- 7B6 · Skylark Airpark, runway 10, 2,642 × 60 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,831 total · 1,041 in this make and model · 1,575 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 13 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BDL, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.