# NTSB FTW95LA341: Boeing B75N1, N735YP, Englewood, CO, August 14, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1995, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.639667, -104.989814 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6397&lon=-104.9898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19536
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW95LA341
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19536/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA341

## Probable cause

FAILURE BY THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP. A FACTOR WAS CROSSWIND.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735YP), registered now, S/N 75-2611, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-2611
- Airframe hours: 5362
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950814049369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950814049369A), Aug 14, 1995: Boeing B75N1, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. (-16) Pilot was making a full stop following a series of touch and go landings. According to pilot touchdown was smooth and at the point selected on the…

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.

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