# NTSB NYC06CA158: Boeing A75N1, N55267, South Hill, VA, May 29, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 29, 2006, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: South Hill, VA
- Coordinates: 36.688056, -78.054443
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6881&lon=-78.0544&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63985
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63985/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA158

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55267-2024-08-24), registration cancelled 2024-08-24, S/N 75-2310, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Boeing A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-2310
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060529010879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060529010879A), May 29, 2006: Boeing A75N1, South Hill, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported, as he entered the rollout phase of landing, in which all three landing gear were on the ground, he lost directional control of the…

## Other investigations on N55267 (2)

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.

- [NTSB ERA22LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA379), Aug 20, 2022: Boeing A75N1 (N55267), Bealeton, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the departing airplane’s failure to see and avoid the landing airplane before takeoff, resulting in a collision with the landing airplane. Contributing was the airport’s failure to…
- [NTSB MIA68D0108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0108), Jul 16, 1967: Boeing A75N1 (N55267), Dawson, GA, substantial damage

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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