Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN92LA061

FALCON, CO, USA

Aircraft #1

N9151K

STINSON 108-1

Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM AN AIRPORT AT 6,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 9,000 FEET AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT. THE RUNWAY SLOPED UP AND THE TERRAIN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY SLOPED UP. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND THEN SETTLED. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET AND IMPACTED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

Probable Cause and Findings

INADVERTENT STALL DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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