# Accident 20030613017559A: Boeing A75N1, Sutton, WV, June 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2003, 19:16 local time
- Place: Sutton, WV
- Airport: Braxton County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6869° N, 80.6517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6869&lon=-80.6517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55175, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55175) (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
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 12 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03CA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030613017559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF RUNWAY (1) ONE, WHICH HAD AN UPHILL SLOPE, AND FELT THAT IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL TO GET AIRBORNE, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE PRODUCING FULL POWER. AFTER LIFT-OFF, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AS HE FELT IT SHOULD AND THAT HE HAD TO LOWER THE NOSE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE DESIRED AIRSPEED. ONCE HE LOWERED THE NOSE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLEAR THE TREE LINE WHICH WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY BOUNDARY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES WHILE IN FLIGHT AND THAT IT DID NOT STALL. HE SAID HE MADE THE DECISION TO HIT THE TREES, RATHER THAN LOSING CONTROL BY RAISING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND STALLING.

## 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 IAD03CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03CA057), Jun 13, 2003: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N55175), Sutton, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner. Factors included the high density altitude conditions, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane's high density altitude…

## Other reports on N55175 (1)

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

- [Incident 19881010054409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881010054409I), Oct 10, 1988: Boeing A75N1 (N55175), Ashland, VA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout when hit by wind gust. Weathervaned, blowing tire and striking wing tip.

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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