# Incident 20030203001029I: Boeing B75N1, Gustine, CA, February 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2003, 16:55 local time
- Place: Gustine, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2530° N, 120.9952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gustine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2530&lon=-120.9952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57414, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030203001029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD RECENTLY RESTORED THE 1942 STEARMAN AIRCRAFT, N57414. THE AIRCRAFT HAS ORIGINAL MECHANICAL BRAKES ON THE LANDING GEAR AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN WORKING ON THEM TO CLEAN OUT DEBRIS BETWEEN THE SHOES AND THE HUB. HE WAS TAXI TESTING THE BRAKES WHEN THE RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED UP ON HIM. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A TURN TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY AND TOWARD A FENCE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE APPLIED ENGINE POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET RUDDER AUTHORITY. THE POWER APPLICATION PROVED TO BE A MISTAKE, DRIVING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE FENCE AND NOSING IT OVER ON ITS BACK. BOTH OF THE AIRCRAFT LOWER WINGS SUFFERED DAMAGE WHEN THEY STRUCK FENCE POSTS AND THE RUDDER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUFFERED A PROPELLER STRIKE WHEN IT HIT THE FENCE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURED ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRIVATE, HARD SURFACED, 2400 FOOT LONG, NORTH-SOUTH FACING RUNWAY, WHICH IS PARALLEL TO AND VISIBLE FROM INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-5, OFF OF BUTTS ROAD IN GUSTINE, CA.

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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