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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing E75 · Taos, NM · May 11, 1996

Date: May 11, 1996 · 11:40 local
Place: Taos, NM
Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4787V
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW96LA211
Reported as: Boeing E75
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,850 total206 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

N4787VRegistered now · Boeing E75S/N 75-5814 · Built 1941 Airframe modelBoeing E75 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Ground looped off runway landing. Dragged wing and sheared off left main gear. Dust devil reported in area. (-23) during the landing rollout, shifty, gusty winds caused plane to ground loop. Control inputs were insufficient after tail wheel came down. Weather vaned to the right. As it went off the runway to the right, the ground was dry and sandy. Left main gear collapsed. No injuries. Substantial aircraft damage. Occurred rwy 4. UNICOM winds @ 310/3-11.

As the FAA filed it

GROUND LOOPED OFF RUNWAY LANDING. DRAGGED WING AND SHEARED OFF LEFT MAIN GEAR. DUST DEVIL REPORTED IN AREA. (-23) DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, SHIFTY, GUSTY WINDS CAUSED PLANE TO GROUND LOOP. CONTROL INPUTS WERE INSUFFICIENT AFTER TAIL WHEEL CAME DOWN. WEATHER VANED TO THE RIGHT. AS IT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, THE GROUND WAS DRY AND SANDY. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. OCCURRED RWY 4. UNICOM WINDS @ 310/3-11.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW96LA211Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTaos, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the dust devil.May 11, 1996 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4787V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20090517013539ALanding · Cottonwood, AZ(-23) The pilot and passenger were conducting a part 91 VFR cross country flight from san diego, CA to albuquerque NM. The flight path included a fuel stop at blythe CA prior to proceeding to an additional fuel stop in Cottonwood AZ. During the landing at the…May 17, 2009 · Substantial damage