- Date
- September 23, 2002, 16:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Anacortes, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9641Stinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020923025489A
- Case key
- 55749
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Normal braking application was excessive during the landing roll resulting in the aircraft nosing over.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he tapped the brakes before the tail wheel contacted the runway surface and the airplane nosed down. The propeller struck the runway surface and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted on the runway. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On September 23, 2002, about 1625 Pacific daylight time, a Stinson 108-3, N9641, registered to a private individual and operated by Micro Aerodynamics, as a 14 CFR Part 91 business flight, nosed over during the landing roll at the Anacortes airport, Anacortes, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the Airline Transport Pilot and the pilot rated passenger were not injured.
During a telephone interview, the pilot reported that he was landing the aircraft on runway 36. The pilot stated that he believed that he tapped the brakes before the tail wheel had contacted the runway surface and the airplane nosed down. The propeller struck the runway surface and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted on the runway. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9641
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-5193
- Airframe hours
- 3,609
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Micro Aerodynamics
- Registered owner
- James M. Huber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 2002 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Airport
- 74S · Anacortes, runway 36, 3,015 × 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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 26, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 2 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 9 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.