- Date
- April 4, 2003, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2535RBoeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Orlando, Florida
- FAA report
- 20030404015069A
- Case key
- 56749
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing rollout which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway, impacting a runway light, and nosing over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was landing on runway 09L, and as the airplane slowed down the left wing came up and the airplane started to weather vane into the wind. He said that he attempted to apply corrective control inputs, but the airplane exited the runway, and the propeller impacted a runway light. The main landing gear wheels dug into the sand and the airplane flipped over, incurring damage to the propeller, left wing, and vertical stabilizer. Prior to the accident there were no failures or mechanical malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.
Factual narrative
On April 4, 2003, about 1150 eastern standard time, a Boeing A75N1, N2535R, registered to and operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight ran off the runway during the landing rollout at Lakeland, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Palatka, Florida, the same day, about 1015.
The pilot stated that he was landing on runway 09L, and as the airplane slowed down the left wing came up and the airplane started to weather vane into the wind. He said that he attempted to apply corrective control inputs, but the airplane exited the runway, and the propeller impacted a runway light. The main landing gear wheels dug into the sand and the airplane flipped over, incurring damage to the propeller, left wing, and vertical stabilizer. Prior to the accident there were no failures or mechanical malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2535R
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-485
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental W-670-6N, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Air race/show · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul M. Horovitz
- Registered owner
- Paul M. Horovitz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 28J · Palatka, FL
- Destination
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Linder, runway 09L
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,436 total · 243 in this make and model · 49 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- GIF
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 N2535R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.