# Accident 20180901016149A: Boeing B75N1, Brandy Station, VA, September 1, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Brandy Station, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5256° N, 77.8597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5256&lon=-77.8597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 12 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA550) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180901016149A

## Narrative

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

ON 01SEP2018 A STEARMAN AIRCRAFT, N27WE, LANDED ON RUNWAY 4, AT CJR (CULPEPER REGIONAL AIRPORT), GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING, STRUCK AND DRAGGED THE BOTTOM RIGHT WING ALONG THE GROUND AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE TAXIWAY INTERSECTION.  THE RUNWAY WAS NOT OBSTRUCTED.  DURING THE OCCURRENCE THE RIGHT WING AND AILERON WERE DAMAGED.  THE RIGHT WING SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE AFT WING SPAR, WHICH MANIFESTED ITSELF THROUGH A HAIRLINE CRACK, FOR WHICH A MAJOR REPAIR (FORM 337), OR REPLACEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED. THIS OFFICE ACQUIRED, AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT TO BE AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO THE GROUND LOOP EVENT.

STATEMENTS WERE COLLECTED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE.  BOTH STATEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA18CA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA550), Sep 1, 2018: Boeing B75N1 (N27WE), Culpeper, VA, 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 N27WE (1)

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

- [Accident 20100608036789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100608036789A), Jun 8, 2010: Boeing B75N1 (N27WE), Washington, DC, Substantial damage. On June 8, 2010 at approximately 1010 eastern daylight time (EDT) (UTC-4), N27WE, a Boeing stearman model B75N1, registered to and operated by a private…

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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