# Accident 20120511007399A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Weirsdale, FL, May 11, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2012, 17:30 local time
- Place: Weirsdale, FL
- Airport: Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9619° N, 81.8914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9619&lon=-81.8914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71327, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71327) (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(PT17)
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL W670-6N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,199 total, 818 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120511007399A

## Narrative

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

THE ACFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 9 DURING LANDING, WENT OVER A DOWNWARD-SLOPING EMBANKMENT, AND IMPACTED A CITRUS TREE BEFORE COMING TO REST NOSE-DOWN. THE ACFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RT WINGS AND RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER & ELEVATOR. THE PLT AND A PAX WERE WEARING 4-POINT HARNESSES, AND WERE NOT INJURED.THE PLT RPTD THAT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED SOME GUSTY, VARIABLE WINDS JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE ACFT TO DRIFT LEFT, AND THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND BEFORE THE TREE COLLISION OCCURRED. THE NEAREST WX REPORTING STATION AT LEESBURG, FL (LEE) IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SE OF THE ARPT. AT 1653, THE RPTD WIND THERE WAS 120 DEG AT 7 KTS. AT 1753, THE RPTD WIND WAS 110 DEG AT 10 KTS . FINALLY, AT 1853, THE RPTD WIND WAS 100 DEG AT 14 GUSTING TO 21 KTS.THE ACFT WAS RECENTLY RESTORED, AND WAS RECERTIFICATED IN APRIL 2012.  THE TOTAL TIME (TTIS) ON THE AIRFRAME SINCE NEW WAS UNKNOWN. THE TTIS SINCE BEING RESTORED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE WAS 3.9 HOURS, ACCORDING TO THE ACFT OWNER.

## 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 ERA12CA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA334), May 11, 2012: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N71327), Weirsdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a gusty variable crosswind.

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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