# Incident 20230305001729I: Boeing A75N1(PT17), New Orleans, LA, March 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2023, 11:01 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lake Front Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56949, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56949) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,752 total, 287 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230305001729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT HEADING TO SLIDELL, PILOT RECIEVED CALL FROM TOWER STATING HIS TRANSPONDER WAS NOT WORKING, PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO LAKEFRONT AIRPORT AND FIX THE TRANSPONDER, PILOT HAD NO CHOICE IN RUNWAYS, 9 WAS CLOSED AND HE TOOK 36L AND THE CROSS WINDS GOT HIM, WING DIPPED DOWN AND LEFT WING SCRAPPED THE RUNWAY, MINOR DAMAGE TO SKIN.

## Other reports on N56949 (2)

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

- [Incident 20231107018169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231107018169I), Nov 7, 2023: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N56949), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Pilot indicated that on 11/7/2023 he was flying to the slidell, LA airport to practice takeoffs and landings in his stearman airplane. He departed from New…
- [Accident 20181006016729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181006016729A), Oct 6, 2018: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N56949), New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot was flying his stearman to knew to place on display for upcoming airshow. Approaching from north over lake ponchartrain, pilot was cleared by tower to…

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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