# Accident 20020210000939A: Boeing A75N1, Creswell, OR, February 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2002, 13:21 local time
- Place: Creswell, OR
- Airport: Hobby Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9319° N, 123.0067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9319&lon=-123.0067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62658, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62658) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020210000939A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 10, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1321 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BOEING STEARMAN A75N1, N62658, REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED/BEING FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT, INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON LANDING AT THE CRESWELL AIRPORT, CRESWELL, OREGON. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14CFR91, AND ORIGINATED FROM CRESWELL, STOPPING AT EUGENE, OREGON, AND THEN DEPARTING ABOUT 1305 BACK TO CRESWELL. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT ON RUNWAY 33. HE APPLIED RUDDER TO CORRECT BACK TOWARD THE CENTERLINE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT DEPARTING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A CULVERT PARALLELING THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING WHICH, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE LOST CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE WINDS UPON LANDING WERE LIGHT.                                                                                                                    (-23) ON 02/10/2002 THE PILOT HAD BEEN PERFORMING FAMILIARIZATION "TOUCH & GO" LANDINGS/TAKEOFFS AT CRESWELL AIRPORT FOR AN UNSPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME. AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 PST, DURING THE LANDING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. OVER CORRECTION IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE ADJOINING FIELD WHERE IT STRUCK A DRAINAGE DITCH AND FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY OR INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE I.E. THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT, LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER OUTBOARD LEADING EDGES WERE DAMAGED, THE LEFT-HAND UPPER WING SPAR WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED. THE CONDITION OF THE ENGINE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE PILOT DOES NOT DISPUTE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AS BEING PILOT INDUCED. THE OWNER PLANS TO REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE IT.

## 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 SEA02LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA038), Feb 10, 2002: Boeing Stearman A75N1 (N62658), Creswell, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing resulting in the aircraft leaving the runway environment, crossing a ditch and nosing over. Contributing factors were variable winds…

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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