# Accident 20120918021829A: Boeing A75N1/PT-13D, Lincoln, CA, September 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln, CA
- Airport: Lincoln Regional Airport/Karl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9092° N, 121.3514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9092&lon=-121.3514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4777V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4777V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1/PT-13D
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,657 total, 399 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120918021829A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2012, PRIVATELY REGISTERED AIRCRAFT N4777V (B-75-A75N1 PT-13D) WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM CAMERON AIRPARK (KO61) IN CAMERON, CA, TO LINCOLN RGNL/KARL HARDER FIELD (KLHM) IN LINCOLN, CA. TWO PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD; THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT STATED THAT, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT KLHM, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER AND GOT VERY LITTLE RESPONSE. HE THEN APPLIED FULL LEFT BRAKE, WHICH OVER-CORRECTED AND INSTIGATED THE LEFT GROUND LOOP. THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AS THE LEFT SWERVE CONTINUED, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP, LOWER WING SPAR, AILERON, AND FABRIC. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION NOTED NO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES.A SEARCH OF FAA'S DATABASES DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY VIOLATION, ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT HISTORY.RECOMMEND INFORMAL COUNSELING.

## 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 WPR12CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA427), Sep 19, 2012: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N4777V), Lincoln, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N4777V (1)

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

- [Accident 20231012017069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231012017069A), Oct 12, 2023: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N4777V), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. The airman was giving tailwheel instruction in his stearman with a student in the rear seat. He was demonstrating a wheel landing when the accident occurred.…

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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