# Accident 19990415003599A: Boeing A75N1, Casa Grande, AZ, April 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1999, 14:45 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53404, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1 (registry code 1380165, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 125 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990415003599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE RWY, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19) ON APRIL 15, 1999, AT 1445 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BOEING A75N1, N53404, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 5, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING AT THE CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA, AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AND WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND INCLUDED WINDS FROM 330 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 19 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA, ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AT 1300.  IN A VERBAL STATEMENT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND GUST JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED A DRAINAGE DITCH, THEN NOSED OVER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (.4)THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT HE RECEIVED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE ASOS AND A PILOT REPORT FROM A PRECEDING AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORT NOTED 90-DEGREE CROSSWINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS.  THE PILOT SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 5 AND A SUDDEN CROSSWIND GUST RAISED THE LEFT WING AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY.  HE REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED OPPOSITE AILERON AND RUDDER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BEFORE ENCOUNTERING A DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA152), Apr 15, 1999: Boeing A75N1 (N53404), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue flight into a known adverse weather condition, and, his failure to adequately compensate for the crosswind gust condition and maintain directional control during the…

## Other reports on N53404 (1)

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

- [Accident 20021103033109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021103033109A), Nov 3, 2002: Boeing A75N1 (N53404), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman states he was landing runway 4L at chd, winds reported calm, and during landing he lost directional control of the aircraft, which ended up…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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