# NTSB NYC04CA143: Stearman 4E, N785H, Loganton, PA, June 18, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 18, 2004, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Loganton, PA
- Coordinates: 41.022499, -77.333335
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0225&lon=-77.3333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59474
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59474/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA143

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.  A factor was uneven terrain.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - grass

## Analysis

The pilot was landing on a 2,200-foot-long, 110-foot-wide, turf runway.  During the landing roll, the airplane drifted right and encountered uneven terrain, which elevated the tailwheel.  As the pilot applied the brakes, the airplane nosed over and came to rest on the runway.

## Factual narrative

On June 18, 2004, about 1615 eastern daylight time, a Stearman 4E, N785H, was substantially damaged during the landing roll at a private airstrip near Loganton, Pennsylvania.  The certificated commercial pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.  No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to the pilot's written statement, he landed on runway 27, a 2,200-foot-long, 110-foot-wide, turf runway.  During the landing roll, the airplane drifted right and encountered uneven terrain, which elevated the tailwheel.  As the pilot applied the brakes, the airplane nosed over and came to rest on the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N785H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N785H), registered now, S/N 4022, built 1930 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Stearman 4E
- Registry model: [Stearman 4E](https://openairdocs.org/model/stearman-4e) (registry code 8560306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-w-s1h-s3h) (registry code 52012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4022
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney 1340AN1 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alan C. Lopez
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LHV, Lock Haven, PA
- Destination: NONE, Loganton, PA
- Airport: NONE, Schrack Farms, runway 27, 2,200 × 110 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; seat: rear; flight hours: 1,835 total, 1,221 in this make and model, 1,642 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at: IPT

## 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 20040618021139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040618021139A), Jun 18, 2004: Strman 4E, Loganton, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 18, 2004 at 1630 with visual meteorological conditions prevailing, Mr. Alan lopez was landing N785H, a stearman-4-E to the west, on a grass…

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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