GENERAL INFORMATION FOR NTSB REPORT: ANC00LA032
Data Source |
NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE |
NTSB Report Nbr |
ANC00LA032 |
Event Id |
20001212X20575 |
Local Date |
03/05/2000 |
Local Time |
1820 |
State |
AK |
Airport Name |
FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL |
Event Type |
ACCIDENT |
Injury Severity |
NONE |
Record Status |
FINAL |
Mid Air Collision |
NO |
Event Location |
ON AIRPORT/AIRSTRIP |
WEATHER INFORMATION
Weather Briefing Complete |
UNKNOWN |
Basic Weather Conditions |
VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL COND |
Light Condition |
DAY |
Cloud Condition |
SCATTERED |
Cloud Height above Ground Level (ft) |
20000 |
Ceiling Height above Ground Level (ft) |
0 |
Cloud Type |
NONE |
Visibility RVR (ft) |
0 |
Visibility RVV (sm) |
0 |
Visibility (sm) |
10 |
Wind Direction (deg) |
0 |
Wind Condition Flag |
U |
Wind Speed (knots) |
0 |
Wind Condition Indicated |
Calm |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
Aircraft 1
Type of Operation |
PART 91: GENERAL AVIATION |
Registration Number |
N6453M |
Aircraft Make |
STINSON |
Aircraft Model |
108 |
Aircraft Series |
3 |
Aircraft Damage |
SUBSTANTIAL |
Aircraft Fire |
NONE |
Aircraft Explosion |
NONE |
Aircraft Type |
AIRPLANE |
Aircraft Homebuilt |
UNKNOWN |
Phase of Flight |
UNDEFINED |
Aircraft Use |
PERSONAL |
Flight Plan Filed |
NONE |
Operator Name |
|
Operator Doing Business As |
|
Owner Name |
STEVEN F. WILLFORD |
Number of Seats |
4 |
Number of Engines |
1 |
ELT Installed |
YES |
ELT Operated |
NO |
Departure Airport Id |
PAFA |
Departure City |
|
Last Departure Point |
YES |
Destination Local |
CRASH AT DESTINATION CITY |
Destination Airport Id |
PAFA |
Destination City |
|
Runway Id |
1R |
Runway Length |
3190 |
Runway Width |
60 |
Air Carrier Operating Certificates |
NO |
Air Carrier Other Operating Certificates |
UNKNOWN |
Rotocraft/Agriculture Operating Certificate |
UNKNOWN |
Cert Max Gross Wgt |
2400 |
ENGINE INFORMATION
Aircraft 1 - Engine : #1
Engine Manufactuer
| Franklin |
Engine Model
| 6A-350-C1 |
Engine Horsepower
| 220 |
Engine Thrust
| HP |
Carb/Injection
| CARBURETOR |
INJURY INFORMATION
Injury Summary for Aircraft 1
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Minor |
None |
Crew |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pass |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Sequence of Events for Aircraft 1
Occurrence #1 LOSS OF CONTROL - ON GROUND/WATER
Phase of Operation: LANDING - ROLL
Events Sequence for Occurrence #1 of Aircraft 1
Event Seq # |
Event Group Code |
Subject |
Modifier |
Personnel |
Cause/Factor |
1 |
2 |
GROUND LOOP/SWERVE |
INADVERTENT |
PILOT IN COMMAND |
CAUSE |
AIRCRAFT 1 PRELIMINARY REPORT
On March 5, 2000, about 1820 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Stinson 108-3 airplane, N6453M, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, and the pilot-rated passenger, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight departed from Fairbanks about 1715.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on March 5, 2000, the pilot reported he was landing on runway 1R. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left. He applied right rudder and right brake, but the airplane ran off the left side of the runway and ground looped. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane received damage to the right wing tip, and the right landing gear. The pilot said the wind conditions were from the east about three knots.
At 1839, a special weather observation at Fairbanks was reporting, in part: Wind, calm; visibility, 10 statute miles; clouds and sky condition, few at 20,000 feet; temperature, 27 degrees F; dew point, 16 degrees F; altimeter, 29.92 inHg.
AIRCRAFT 1 FINAL REPORT
The private certificated pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane toward the north, at the conclusion of a local flight. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and right brake, but the airplane ran off the left side of the runway and ground looped. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane received damage to the right wing tip, and the right landing gear. The pilot said the wind conditions were from the east about three knots. A special weather observation at the airport indicated the wind was calm.
AIRCRAFT 1 CAUSE REPORT
The pilot's inadvertent ground loop.
END REPORT