- Date
- March 19, 1988, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cashmere, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9660KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880319006069A
- Case key
- 40792
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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 acft touched down near midfield while landing on an 1800 ft long downsloping runway. When the pilot rapidly applied throttle for go-around, the engine faltered. He applied hard braking to stop on the runway and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9660K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-2660
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan J. Colburn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- RLD · Richland, WA
- Destination
- 8S2 · Cashmere, WA
- Airport
- 8S2 · Cashmere, runway 7, 1,800 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 323 in this make and model · 316 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 13 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.