# Accident 20140816014759A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Seattle, WA, August 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2014, 11:30 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field/King County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719BL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: JACOBS R-755B2M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 47 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140816014759A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16,2014 BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 PILOT WAS MAKING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN HIS STEARMAN TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 13R AT BOEING FIELD (KBFI) WIND 10 MPH FROM 200 DEGREES. HE MADE A NORMAL TAKE OFF AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS COMMUNICATING WITH THE TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT RADIO VOLUME WAS VERY LOW AND INTERMITTENT. HE DECIDED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT HE BOUNCED APPLIED POWER AND MADE A GO AROUND ON HIS SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT HE FELT FORCED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 13R DUE TO THE UNKNOWNS OF ENTERING NEW AIR SPACE WITH VERY POOR RADIO QUALITY. HE CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT 70-75 MPH ON CENTER LINE HE LEVELED OUT WHILE FLOATING DOWN THE RUNWAY HE LOST LIFT DROPPED AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED POWER WHILE ON THE RUNWAY VEERED LEFT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT A SKIDDING LEFT TURN ON TO THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAYS 13L AND 13R. HE CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE WHEELS HIT A GRASS COVERED BEARM, TIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS NOSE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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