- Date
- February 25, 1989, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97764Stinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890225003989A
- Case key
- 40982
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing and the improper use of flight controls. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind and the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 student pilot was on the first solo flight when the acft was landed on the left side of the rwy because of the crosswind. When the left wing dropped, the student used right rudder vs aileron to correct, resulting in a swerve to the right. The left wingtip was dragged on the ground, the left main gear failed and the acft departed the rwy where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97764
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-764
- Airframe hours
- 1,638
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry A. Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- S12 · Albany, runway 16, 3,000 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.