- Date
- May 2, 1987, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mandan, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75546Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870502016229A
- Case key
- 17229
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot and his son were ferrying a recently purchased Boeing stearman to their home in Ohio. During landing roll, at an en route stop, a gust of wind lifted the tail section and the acft groundlooped. The left wing struck the runway and the acft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75546
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7935
- Airframe hours
- 2,492
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles S. Gelal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- DIK · Dickinson, ND
- Airport
- Y19 · Mandan, runway 33, 2,436 × 45 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 300 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.