- Date
- August 23, 1987, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93012Boeing B-17G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870823047569A
- Case key
- 30725
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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
Drg an apch in gusty winds, the plt noted a rgt x-wind. He stated that after touchdown, the roll-out was stabilized for a short distance, then the rgt wing began to lift. He applied full aileron & rudder to maint control, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. The acft contd off an embankment at the dep end of the rwy & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93012
- Reported as
- Boeing B-17G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32264
- Engine
- Wright R-1820, 1,525 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L. Clarke Hill, Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport
- BVI · Beaver County, runway 28, 4,500 × 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
- 72
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28,200 total · 47 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
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 N93012 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.