# Accident 20221015017619A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Petaluma, CA, October 15, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2022, 13:31 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 6,495 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221015017619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT: DURING THE LANDING FLARE ON RWY11 A GUST A WIND LIFTED THE TAIL AND THE AIRPLANE SPUN 180*. DEPARTED RWY HIT BURM AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. DAMAGE REPORTED TO BE ON VERTICAL STABILZER, RUDDER, AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TOP WING SPAR.

UPDATE; DURING A MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING PILOT STATED HE HAD LANDED, AND WAS TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY, AND A GUST LIFTED THE WING AND TAIL.  THEN THE AIRCRAFT MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT ADDED SOME POWER TO AID IN CONTROL, BUT THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED OVER SOME BUMPY GROUND AND HIT A 2 FOOT BERM AND FLIPPED OVER. PILOT STATED HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT IN MORE ELEVATOR BACK PRESSURE TO INCREASE THE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED AS CALM BY THE METAR REPORT.  PILOT STATED HE MAY HAVE BEEN GOING A LITTLE TOO FAST WHEN HE STARTED THE TURN OFF THE RUNWAY, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE LIFTED THE WING.

PILOT ATTENDED A FACTORY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE KODIAK AIRCRAFT IN 2021, BUT ONLY HAD 5 HOURS IN THE PAST 90 DAYS IN THE STEARMAN.

## 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 WPR23LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA014), Oct 15, 2022: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N42PT), Petaluma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind.

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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