# NTSB ERA25LA192: Boeing A75N1(PT17), N65011, Fort Myers, FL, March 28, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 28, 2025, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Fort Myers, FL - Coordinates: 26.586615, -81.863247 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 6, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200087 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA192 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200087/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200087 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA192 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing impacting the runway. ## 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(PT17), 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1380134), [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(PT17), 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1380134), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1(PT17), 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1380134), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1(PT17), 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=1380134), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing A75N1(PT17), 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=1380134), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the vintage, tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the wind was gusty and variable in direction for the flight in the airport traffic pattern. The pilot reported asking air traffic control to land on runway 13 and was told by the controller that winds were “all over the place.” The pilot then elected to continue to land on runway 5, the runway currently in use. After performing a normal 3-point landing, the airplane began to weathervane to the right and the right wing raised up, resulting in the left wing impacting the runway, substantially damaging it. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A weather observation taken about 7 minutes prior to the accident reported the wind was from 100° at 16 knots, gusting to 23 knots. The crosswind component for runway 5 was calculated to be about 12 knots from the right, with the gust crosswind component reaching about 18 knots from the right. The crosswind component for runway 13 was calculated to be about 8 knots from the left, with the gust crosswind component reaching about 11 knots from the left. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N65011](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65011), registered now, S/N 75-3324, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17) - Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 75-3324 - Year built: 1942 - Airframe hours: 2520 - Engines: Jacobs R-755-B2M 275 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation Inc - Registered owner: Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 21, 2025, 17 hours before - Airport: FMY, Page Fld, runway 05, 6,406 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; flight engineer, commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 3, 2025; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 25,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 19,000 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 16 knots, gusting 23 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.23 inHg - Observed at: FMY - METAR: METAR KFMY 281453Z 10016G23KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP237 T02610128 50008= ## 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 20250328006369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250328006369A), Mar 28, 2025: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Made a normal 3 point landing. As aircraft slowed, the right wing came up and the stearman began to weather vane to the right. As it did, the left wing… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 6, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200087. 2.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18970975&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form%20copy%20print_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 595 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18970985&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos-Rel.pdf - Mor - weather reports (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18970115&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Weather%20MOR-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.