- Date
- August 14, 1995, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735YPBoeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950814049369A
- Case key
- 19536
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Probable cause
Failure by the pilot to maintain directional control which resulted in a ground loop. A factor was crosswind.
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.
Analysis
Following a series of touch-and-go landings, the pilot made a final landing on runway 17R with winds from 060 degrees at 7 knots. During landing roll, the aircraft ground looped and both lower wings and the propeller came in contact with the ground. One wing also struck a runway light. The pilot reported that he thought he encountered a gusting crosswind which exceeded the control capability of the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On August 14, 1995, at 1400 mountain daylight time, a Boeing B75N1, N735YP, sustained substantial damage during landing at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. The commercial certificated pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this 14 CFR Part 91 local area personal flight and no flight plan was filed.
According to the pilot, he was making a full stop landing on runway 17R, following a series of touch-and go-landings and ground looped during landing roll. According to the FAA investigator who conducted the on-scene examination of the aircraft, both lower wings and the propeller sustained damage and a runway light was damaged.
There were no reported wind gusts during the time period when the aircraft accident occurred and the reported wind was 060 degrees magnetic at 7 knots. The pilot (see the attached statement) said that in his opinion, he encountered wind gusts which exceeded the control capacity of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735YP
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2611
- Airframe hours
- 5,362
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Baldwin
- Registered owner
- Mid America Freightways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17R, 7,003 × 77 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,696 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,465 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA, 1 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.