- Date
- July 31, 1993, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burnet, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65355Boeing B75-N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930731030749A
- Case key
- 18801
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Probable cause
Inadvertent groundloop by the pilot.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll the airplane groundlooped, departed the runway and came to rest on the grass along the east side of the runway with the right main landing gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On July 31, 1993, at 1030 central daylight time, a Boeing B75-N1, N65355, sustained substantial damage during landing at Burnet, Texas. The commercial pilot did not receive injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight.
The pilot reported to the Safety Board, that during the landing roll the right main gear collapsed as the airplane groundlooped. The airplane came to rest in the grass along the east side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65355
- Reported as
- Boeing B75-N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6512
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN3, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Riser, Eugene L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1993 · 22 hours before
- Destination
- T27
- Airport
- T27 · Burnet Municipal, runway 19, 5,000 × 75 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 120 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
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 N65355 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.