- Date
- May 9, 1987, 17:31 local (23:31 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9016KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870509034999I
- Case key
- 40544
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a go around the pilot decided to attempt to reland the aircraft. Gusty crosswind conditions existed at the time and directional control was lost during which the aircraft entered into a ground loop maneuver and the left main landing gear strut separated. The pilot's flight records indicated that he had executed only 4 landings in the make/model aircraft within the previous 8 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9016K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2016
- Airframe hours
- 1,590
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Delaine G. Bowen
- Registered owner
- Delaine G. Bowen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning Field, runway 34, 5,175 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 116 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 22 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA
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 N9016K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.