# Accident 20090517013539A: Boeing E75, Cottonwood, AZ, May 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2009, 12:40 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7300° N, 112.0353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7300&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4787V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4787V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (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 E75
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,860 total, 1,042 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517013539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE CONDUCTING A PART 91 VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO, CA TO ALBUQUERQUE NM.  THE FLIGHT PATH INCLUDED A FUEL STOP AT BLYTHE CA PRIOR TO PROCEEDING TO AN ADDITIONAL FUEL STOP IN COTTONWOOD AZ.  DURING THE LANDING AT THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND THAT TILTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN A CLIPPING OF THE LEFT WING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE CLIPPING OF THE LEFT BOTTOM WING RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.  REPORTED DAMAGE FROM THIS EVENT IS TO THE AIRCRAFT ONLY.  THERE IS MAJOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM LEFT WING, INCLUDING THE SPAR AND SEVERAL RIBS BROKEN.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.  THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER (NCDC) HAS NO RECORED WEATHER INFORMATION OF COTTONWOOD AIRPORT, P52, AVAILABLE.  HOWEVER, THE NCDC WEATHER REPORT RECORDED AT A PROXIMITY AIRPORT, KPRC-PRESCOTT AZ, RECORDED ONLY 2 WIND GUSTS ON 5/17/2009.

## 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 WPR09CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA265), May 17, 2009: Boeing E75 (N4787V), Cottonwood, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswinds during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N4787V (1)

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

- [Accident 19960511010209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511010209A), May 11, 1996: Boeing E75 (N4787V), Taos, NM, Substantial damage. Ground looped off runway landing. Dragged wing and sheared off left main gear. Dust devil reported in area. (-23) during the landing rollout, shifty, gusty…

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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