# Accident 20161022021952A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Valley Center, KS, October 22, 2016 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 22, 2016, 12:00 local time - Place: Valley Center, KS - Airport: High Point - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.8422° N, 97.3514° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8422&lon=-97.3514&mi=10 - Aircraft: N68117, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68117) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17) - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA053) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161022021952A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON OCTOBER 22, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 UTC, THE AIRMAN, AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A BOEING PT-17 STEARMAN SERIES AIRCRAFT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE HIGH POINT AIRPORT (3KS5), VALLEY CENTER, KANSAS; THE PT-17 IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE AIRMAN. PURSUANT TO THE AIRMAN?S VERBAL STATEMENT, THE PT-17 AND A FAIRCHILD PT-26 SERIES AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE WESTPORT AIRPORT (71K), WICHITA, KANSAS, FOR A SHORT FORMATION FLIGHT TO 3KS5. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT 3KS5, WITH SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AT SIX KNOTS; AIRCRAFT WERE UTILIZING THE NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED GRASS/TURF RUNWAY. UPON ARRIVAL AT 3KS5, THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SERIES AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE SOUTHERLY ORIENTED RUNWAY FIRST AND EXITED TO THE WEST SIDE FOR PARKING; THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND EXITED ABOUT 2/3RDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE, FACING EAST, WITH THE AIRCRAFT?S LONGITUDINAL AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANDING RUNWAY. AS THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 WAS TAXIING INTO THE PARKING AREA, THE BOEING PT-17 STEARMAN WAS LANDING ON THE SOUTHERLY RUNWAY. PURSUANT TO BOTH AIRMEN?S STATEMENTS, THE BOEING PT-17 LANDED APPROXIMATELY ½-WAY DOWN THE GRASS/TURF RUNWAY AT AN AIRSPEED MUCH FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE BOEING PT-17 ALSO STATED THAT DUE TO THE LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY, THE AIRMAN BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIGHT RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE, THE BOEING PT-17 TOUCHED-DOWN FIRMLY AND DRIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, CAUSING THE LOWER RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE NOSE OF THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 WHICH WAS PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY; THE FAIRCHILD PT-26?S ENGINE/PROPELLER WERE OPERATING AT AN IDLE POWER SETTING. THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT. THE BOEING PT-17, UPON IMPACTING THE FAIRCHILD PT-26 SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A TREE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER RIGHT AND LEFT WING SECTIONS; THE TAILWHEEL BRACKET AND STRUCTURE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. NEITHER THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE FAIRCHILD PT-26, NOR THE AIRMAN AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE BOEING PT-17, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL PASSENGER ON-BOARD, SUSTAINED INJURY. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF BOTH AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY AIRCRAFT ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. ## Other aircraft in the event - N73529, Fairchild M-62A-3: [Accident 20161022023262A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161022023262A) ## 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 GAA17CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA053), Oct 22, 2016: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N68117), Valley Center, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and to see and avoid the airplane stopped on the edge of the runway. ## Other reports on N68117 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20110325006039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110325006039A), Mar 25, 2011: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N68117), Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft N68117 was landing to the north on the turf next to runway 17/35.after touch down, there were a couple of small bounces felt by the passenger, then… 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. 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