- Date
- September 8, 1982, 09:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97781Stinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820908044769A
- Case key
- 72890
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Analysis
Pilot ground looped while doing touch and go landings. Wind 5 KTS.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - not corrected
Touch-and-go - performedCause
Directional control - not maintained
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97781
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1-781
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Archer
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Archer
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Destination
- Boise City, OK
- Airport
- TWF · Twin Falls-Olsen Fld, runway 7, 7,152 × 150 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 358 total · 65 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF
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 N97781 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.