Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of the speed and distance required to land, which resulted in a runway overrun.
NTSB analysis
The pilot stated that he was landing at a remote grass airstrip. After touchdown, the airplane continued beyond the end of the runway and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. As a result of the accident sequence, the airplane sustained damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He opined that the accident may have been prevented if he had maintained a slower approach speed and touched down at the runway threshold.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR12CA291 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 25, 2012
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Mile Hi Landing Strip, Idaho
- Nearest airport
- Mile Hi Airstrip (N/A)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Stinson 108-2
- N-number
- N247C
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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