# Accident 20160511007609A: Boeing B75N1, May 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2016, 17:10 local time
- Airport: Winslow-Lindbergh Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0217° N, 110.7319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0217&lon=-110.7319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56200, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680E3B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 450 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160511007609A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RWY 29 FOR TAKE-OFF AFTER FUELING AT THE AIRPORT SELF-FUEL FACILITY. AIRPORT PERSONNEL WITNESSED THE FOLLOWING WHILE OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF:

THE STEARMAN TOOK OFF CLIMBING TO ABOUT 50 FT AND PROCEEDED ABOUT 500 YARDS TO THE WEST  (AT THE END OF) THE AIRFIELD. AT THIS TIME THE PLANE DID NOT CLIMB ANY HIGHER AND BANKED IN(TO) A LEFT TURN AND LOST ALTITUDE UNTIL IT CRASHED. THE PLANE WENT IN NOSE FIRST AND BEGAN TO CARTWHEEL IN A CLOUD OF DUST.

THE CHASE PLANE HAD TAKEN OFF PRIOR TO THE STEARMAN. IT WAS ACCOMPANYING THE STEARMAN CONDUCTING VIDEO RECORDING OF FLIGHT/TAKE-OFF. IT CIRCLED THE AREA AFTER THE CRASH AND LANDED NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE CHASE PLANE CREW NOTIFIED AIRPORT PERSONNEL THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE STEARMAN WERE OUT OF THE PLANE AND WALKING AROUND.

AIRPORT PERSONNEL CONTACTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNITS AND DIRECTED THEM TO THE SITE WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT REFUSED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO AIRPORT HANGAR. INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT VERIFIED ALL FOUR WINGS AND FUSELAGE HAVE SUSTAINED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

OBSERVATIONS OF THE RECOVERED AIRCRAFT INDICATE THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL ABOARD; THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS ENGINE DAMAGE; BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AFT; NO INDICATIONS OF OIL LEAKS; SOME BLUE FUEL STAINS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE OUTSIDE HOUSING OF THE AIR INTAKE BOX BELOW THE CARBURETOR.

SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT & ENGINE DETERMINE THE ENGINE WAS ABLE TO RUN NORMALLY WITH NO MALFUNCTIONS OR SYSTEMS FAILURES NOTED.

## 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 WPR16LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA106), May 12, 2016: Boeing B75N1 (N56200), Winslow, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power during takeoff initial climb in high-density altitude conditions for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination of the airplane and…

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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