# Accident 20030426036859A: Boeing A75N1, Houston, TX, April 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55133, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55133) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,600 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030426036859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 26, 2003, AT 1310 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING A75N1 AIRPLANE, N55133, OWNED AND OPERATED BY CLASSIC PLANES INC. OF SPRING, TEXAS, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE SUGAR LAND REGIONAL AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (DWH), HOUSTON, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000. DURING AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE FAA INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC), THE PILOT STATED THAT HE "MOMENTARILY ENCOUNTERED A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND THAT LIFTED THE LEFT WING, AND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO GROUND LOOP." SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, THE LOWER LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE LEFT REAR OF THE FUSELAGE STRUCK THE RUNWAY PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) LIGHTING SYSTEM. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE OUTBOARD THREE (3) FEET OF THE LOWER LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARD ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, AFT OF THE LEFT WINGAND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, WAS PUNCTURED.

## 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 FTW03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA144), Apr 26, 2003: Boeing A75N1 (N55133), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## Other reports on N55133 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950709026529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950709026529I), Jul 9, 1995: Boeing A75N1 (N55133), Hempstead, TX, Minor damage. Engine vibration. Landed in field. Struck round hay bale. Prop blade had separated inflight.
- [Accident 19931219052299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931219052299A), Dec 19, 1993: Boeing A75N1 (N55133), Madisonville, TX, Substantial damage. Encountered low ceilings rain and fog. Struck a sign during precautionary landing on a road.

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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