- Date
- May 29, 2006, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- South Hill, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55267Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060529010879A
- Case key
- 63985
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing, which resulted in a ground loop and a subsequent nose over.
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
The pilot performed three touch-and-go landings uneventfully. During a subsequent landing, and after touchdown, the pilot "failed to maintain directional control." The airplane ground looped, veered off the right side of the runway, and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot of the Boeing A75N1, he performed three touch-and-go landings uneventfully. During a subsequent landing, and after touchdown, the pilot "failed to maintain directional control." The airplane ground looped, veered off the right side of the runway, and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55267
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2310
- Engine
- Continental W-670, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AVC · South Hill, VA
- Destination
- AVC · South Hill, VA
- Airport
- AVC · Mecklenburg Regional Airport, runway 1
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 33 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N55267 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.