# NTSB CEN24LA213: Boeing E75, N768WM, Shuteston, LA, June 7, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 7, 2024, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Shuteston, LA
- Coordinates: 30.44, -92.12 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4400&lon=-92.1200&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: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194419
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194419/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194419
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA213

## Probable cause

The pilot failure to maintain directional control while landing on a wet grass strip.

## 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 E75, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 141 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/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 E75, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

While performing a full stop landing to a wet grass strip in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, the pilot reported the airplane’s left wheel contacted soft soil. Directional control of the airplane was lost as it veered left and entered a water filled ditch on the left side of the runway resulting in the airplane nosing over and coming to rest inverted. The airplane’s vertical stabilizer and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that contributed to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N768WM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N768WM), registered now, S/N 75-7394, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- Registry model: [Boeing E75](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (registry code 1380120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-7394
- Year built: 1942
- Airframe hours: 5899.5
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney R985-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Tailwinds Air Inc
- Registered owner: Tailwinds Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, July 3, 2023
- Departed: 51LS, Sunset, LA
- Airport: 5LA9, Ron, runway 18/36, 2,600 × 80 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 27, 2022; seat: rear; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 7,520 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 7,520 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.91 inHg
- Observed at: KOPL, 7 nm away
- METAR: KOPL 071110Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 T02150208

## 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 20240607008309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240607008309A), Jun 7, 2024: Boeing E75, Sunset, LA, Minor damage. Pilot was landing on a wet private grass strip. On rollout aircraft began sliding to the left and main gear impacted water and mud causing aircraft to flip…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194419. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17249587&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N768WM%20NTSB%20Form%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 276 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17272816&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photo%202-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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