# Accident 20041009024909A: Boeing A75N1, Jaffrey, NH, October 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2004, 12:20 local time
- Place: Jaffrey, NH
- Airport: Jaffrey Municipal Silver Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4523° N, 71.5647° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4523&lon=-71.5647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49738, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49738-2011-05-03) (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: 21,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041009024909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. PECK HAD ARRANGED WITH^PRIVACY DA^WIFE FOR A SITE SEEING FLIGHT FOR^PRIVACY DA^ON 10/09/2004 ABOUT 12:00 NOON. AFTER ARRANGING PAYMENT FOR AFTER THE FLIGHT MR. PECK TAXIED TO RUNWAY 16 AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF BUT HAD TROUBLE KEEPING THE RIGHT WING DOWN. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND DECIDED FROM THE POSITION OF THE WINDSOCK THAT 34 WOULD BE THE BETTER RUNWAY TO TAKE OFF ON. HE TAXIED TO THE OTHER END OF RUNWAY 16 AND WAITED FOR THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. THE PILOT OF THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC TOLD MR. PECK HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND AND FOR MR. PECK TO PROCEED WITH HIS TAKEOFF. THEY TOOK OFF AND TURNED RIGHT TO A HEADING OF ABOUT 360 AND FLEW LOW OVER THE RESTAURANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING BUT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. AT THE TOP OF THE HILL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESTAURANT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. MR. PECK BROKE HIS WRIST AND NOSE.^PRIVACY DA^ RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM A DIRECTION BETWEEN 200 AND 220 DEGREES, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LOWER WING.

## 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 NYC05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA004), Oct 9, 2004: Boeing Stearman B75-N1 (N49738), Jaffery, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots inadvertent encounter with a downdraft wind condition and the airplane's inability to climb, which resulted in a forced landing. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft wind…

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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