- Date
- May 1, 2005, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Culpeper, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1066MBoeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050501033839A
- Case key
- 61409
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the 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
While landing in a 10 to 16 knot crosswind, the tailwheel airplane bounced several times and veered left. The pilot attempted to correct with right brake input, left aileron input, and right rudder input; however, the brakes locked and the airplane came to rest inverted. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 1, 2005, about 1720 eastern daylight time, a Boeing B75N1 (Stearman), N1066M, was substantially damaged while landing at Culpeper Regional Airport (CJR), Culpeper, Virginia. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Flying Circus Aerodrome (3VA3), Warrenton, Virginia. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot stated that he was returning to Culpeper, and noted that the automated weather observation system (AWOS) reported the wind from 310 to 340 degrees, at 10 to 16 knots. He chose to land on runway 4, a 5,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. The pilot further stated that landing in either direction on the runway would result in a direct crosswind. The airplane touched down on the main gear, just past the runway number, with excess speed. As the tailwheel dropped, the airplane bounced several times, weathervaned, and veered left. The pilot attempted to correct with right brake, left aileron, and right rudder inputs; however, the brakes locked and the airplane came to rest inverted on the runway.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1066M
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7932
- Engine
- Continental W670, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard B. Roe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3VA3 · Warrenton, VA
- Destination
- CJR · Culpeper, VA
- Airport
- CJR · Culpeper Regional Airport, runway 4, 5,000 × 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
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 334 in this make and model · 1,080 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 34 °F
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 N1066M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.