# NTSB CEN22LA213: Boeing A75N1, N422DE, Marion, TX, May 22, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 22, 2022, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Marion, TX · runway
- Coordinates: 29.495632, -98.158879 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4956&lon=-98.1589&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105137
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105137/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105137
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA213

## Probable cause

The pilot’s loss of control during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1380165), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1380165), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1380165), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The flight instructor and pilot were conducting a currency flight with the pilot at the flight controls of the tailwheel equipped airplane. The takeoff, flight around the traffic pattern, and landing approach were normal. The pilot executed a wheel landing; however, the airplane encountered a “rough spot on the turf runway” and bounced. When the airplane touched down again, it entered a ground loop which resulted in a runway excursion. During the accident sequence, the left wing contacted the ground resulting in substantial damage to the wing spar and aileron. The flight instructor and pilot reported that there were no airplane anomalies before the ground loop.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N422DE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N422DE), registered now, S/N 75-3113, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (registry code 1380165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670-6N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-6n) (registry code 17318, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-3113
- Year built: 1942
- Airframe hours: 4159.3
- Engines: Continental Motors W670-6N 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cibolo Creek Aviation LLC, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner: Cibolo Creek Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2021, 12.6 hours before
- Departed: 1TE4, Marion, TX
- Destination: 1TE4, Marion, TX
- Airport: 1TE4, Zuehl, runway 35, 2,963 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 70; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 10, 2021; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,135 total, 216 in this make and model, 3,004 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 30 days
- Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 13, 2021; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 250 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KSAT, 17 nm away
- METAR: METAR KSAT 222251Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW080 FEW250 29/17 A3004

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220522008009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220522008009A), May 22, 2022: Boeing A75N1, Marion, TX, Substantial damage. May 22, 2022 at 1730 CDT, aircraft bearing registration number N422DE contacted grass strip upon landing and bounced causing the aircraft to ground loop.…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 29, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105137. 1.3 MB in all.

- Flight instructor statement (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 737 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14505278&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Flight%20Instructor%20Stmt%20--%20CEN22LA213_redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 204 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14505603&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20--%20CEN22LA213_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Conversation summary -- FAA inspector (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 122 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14511085&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20--%20FAA_Richard%20Long%20--%2023Sep2022-Rel.pdf
- Accident photos (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 276 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14510839&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20--%20CEN22LA213-Rel.pdf

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.

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