- Date
- July 20, 2000, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57851Boeing PT17
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000720012009A
- Case key
- 49775
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that while landing on the runway, the airplane ground-looped. The lower left wing struck a runway sign as the airplane traveled off the left side of the runway, and came to rest in the grass. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions, nor did the pilot report any.
Factual narrative
On July 20, 2000, about 1645 Eastern Daylight Time, a Boeing PT17, N57851, was substantially damaged while landing at Easton Airport (ESN), Easton, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from Suffolk Municipal Airport, Suffolk, Virginia, about 1440.
The pilot stated that he landed on Runway 33 at ESN, and during the landing, the airplane "ground-loop[ed]". The lower left wing struck the ground as the airplane traveled off the left side of the runway, and came to rest in the grass.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions, nor did the pilot report any. The inspector observed that the lower left wing spar was broken. He added that the left wing struck a runway sign as the airplane traveled off the runway.
The reported winds at ESN, at 1645, were variable at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57851
- Reported as
- Boeing PT17
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-053
- Airframe hours
- 6,611
- Engine
- Continental W 670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Schlosser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1999 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- SFK · Suffolk, VA
- Destination
- ESN
- Airport
- ESN · Easton Airport, runway 33, 4,003 × 100 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ESN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.