- Date
- September 28, 1987, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61VBoeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870928057239A
- Case key
- 13837
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledFactor
Analysis
The tailwheel aircraft was landed into a strong left crosswind, experienced a loss of directional control, followed by a ground loop, and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61V
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75984
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental W670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Cutshall
- Registered owner
- Robert A Cutshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- 03C · Huntington, IN
- Destination
- RCR · Rochester, IN
- Airport
- RCR · Fulton County, runway 29, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
N61VRegistered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES series
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 497 total · 220 in this make and model · 346 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 46 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.