# Accident 20020813023379A: Boeing D75N1, Denver, CO, August 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2002, 09:25 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7867° N, 104.5497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7867&lon=-104.5497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64796) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing D75N1 (registry code 1380148, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-d75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING D75N1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020813023379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED APA AND FLEW TO FRONT RANGE AIRPORT FOR TRAINING. THE OWNER WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AND THE INSTRUCTOR (CHRIS BASORE) WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT. ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIGHTLY TAIL HIGH AND BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES. THE STUDENT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN RIGHT AND BANK LEFT DURING THE BOUNCE. THE INSTRUCTOR FOLLOWED ON WITH THE CONTROLS, BUT AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME IT SWERVED HARD RIGHT AND BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT TURN. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND DRAGGED THE LEFT WING TIP, THEN TURNED LEFT AND DRAGGED THE RIGHT WING. AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON IT'S NOSE AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S PROPELLER AND MAIN GEAR.

## 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 DEN02LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA091), Aug 13, 2002: Boeing D75N1 (N64796), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot.

## Other reports on N64796 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000920015789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920015789A), Sep 20, 2000: Boeing D75N1 (N64796), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23)On September 20, 2000, at approx. 1430 MDT, a Boeing N-75-D75N1, stearman N64796, was substantially damaged while landing at Centennial Airport,…

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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