# Accident 20130712013319A: Stearman Aircraft C3-B, Everett, WA, July 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2013, 12:53 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Paine Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9069° N, 122.2814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9069&lon=-122.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6101H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6101H-2018-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stearman C3-B (registry code 8560202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stearman-c3-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright J-5 (registry code 67000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-j-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEARMAN AIRCRAFT C3-B
- Reported engine: WRIGHT J-5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,440 total, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130712013319A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 12, 2013 AT 12:53 PILOT #2819390 WAS ENROUTE FROM SANDPOINT, ID TO ARLINGTON,WITH INTERMEDIATE STOP IN  EPHRATA, WA  FOR FUEL, OIL AND TO GREASE THE ENGINE LIFTS.

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER CONTINUE OVER SNOQUALMIE PASS TURNING LEFT AT NORTH BEND TOWARDS ARLINGTON,  WHEN HE HEARD AN OCCASIONAL POPPING NOISE AND SLIGHT ROUGHNESS FROM HIS ENGINE.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FREQUENCY OF THE POPPING CONTINUED TO INCREASE, HE THEN DECIDED TO MAKE EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT PAINE FIELD, IN EVERETT, WA  TO CHECK THE ENGINE NOISE.

PILOT STATED HE HAD AN NORMAL WHEELS LANDING,  DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRPLANE START TO VEER LEFT WHEN HE TRY TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT FULL RUDDER,  BUT COULD NOT, AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUE TO VEER LEFT WHEN IT WENT INTO A GROUND LOOP TEARING WAY THE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND STRUT.

THEIR WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE MATERIAL UNDER  RIGHT WING TIP AND A BENT RIGHT WING STRUT.

## 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 WPR13CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA327), Jul 12, 2013: Stearman C3-B (N6101H), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N6101H (1)

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

- [Incident 20120628013969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120628013969I), Jun 28, 2012: Stearman Aircraft C3-B (N6101H), Bonners Ferry, ID, Minor damage. Owner reported a vacuum filter came loose and lodged between aircraft structure and a flight control push rod. This happened on landing, and the aircraft…

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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