# NTSB Accident DEN00LA068
> **Stinson 108-2** · 2000-03-24 · LAS CRUCES, NM, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00LA068
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20622
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-03-24
- **Location:** LAS CRUCES, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.260143, -106.820175
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Stinson
- **Model:** 108-2
- **Registration:** N442C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.  Factors were a burnt and unseated intake valve, and the tail wind.

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