- Date
- October 21, 2024, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denton, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62394Boeing A75N1
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA, North TX FSDO
- FAA report
- 20241021022209A
- Case key
- 195363
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power during the initial climb and the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the forced landing with a tailwind.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane had a lower-than-expected climb rate during initial climb which was followed by a rough running engine at all power settings. The pilot entered a turn to remain close to the airport during which the radial engine quit momentarily before it resumed running rough. The pilot declared an emergency with the tower controller and was cleared to land on the runway, which resulted in a tailwind condition. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control during the landing roll which resulted in a ground loop and a runway excursion. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both ailerons and the aft spar of both lower wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62394
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1 (PT-17)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2352
- Built
- 1941
- Airframe hours
- 2,306
- Engine
- Continental W670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 2024
- Departed
- KDTO · Denton, TX
- Destination
- KDTO · Denton, TX
- Airport
- DTO · Denton Enterprise Airport, runway 36R, 7,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Handheld GPS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 5, 2024
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 8,971 total · 114 in this make and model · 8,778 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.24 inHg
- Observed at
- KDTO
- METAR
- KDTO 211553Z 20009KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP234 T02330117
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 21, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62394 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.