- Date
- April 3, 1988, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fisher, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75031Boeing Stearman E-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880403007559A
- Case key
- 22513
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown, the pilot stated that he lost directional control and the right main gear ran off the right side of the runway. During attempted recovery, the airplane rolled off the left side of the runway, collided with a drainage ditch and nosed over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75031
- Reported as
- Boeing Stearman E-75 (STEARMAN E)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-1255
- Airframe hours
- 5,370
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen Kirkpatrick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1987
- Departed
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, TX
- Airport
- 34TS · Canyon Lake, runway 19, 2,600 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 199 total · 49 in this make and model · 149 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.