- Date
- August 13, 1992, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sussex, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8495KStinson ST-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920813031109A
- Case key
- 37203
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll, and inadvertently swerved and ground looped into two parked airplanes. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of expereince in this make and model airplane.
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
During the landing roll the airplane began to veer to the left of the runway centerline. The pilot attempted to correct the deviation by applying right rudder and right brake, but was not successful in stopping the airplane from drifting to the left. The left main wheel went off the runway pavement into soft, wet ground, which resulted in the airplane ground looping and striking two parked airplanes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495K
- Reported as
- Stinson ST-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1495
- Airframe hours
- 1,765
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Kravit
- Registered owner
- Fluf Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Airport
- N63 · Sussex, runway 3, 2,399 × 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8495K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.