- Date
- June 2, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60812Boeing Stearman A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890602014419A
- Case key
- 36420
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Probable cause
Loss control and collision with trees due to failure of the student pilot to compensate for the wind and lack of supervision by the CFI.
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 stearman PT-17 had landed and was slowing down to clear the runway when a gust of wind lifted the right wing off the ground. The instructor pilot attempted to gain control by adding power and left brake but the aircraft went off the runway to the left and down an incline into trees. The stu plt was not injured but the upper wing trapped the instructor pilot until help arrived.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60812
- Reported as
- Boeing Stearman A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-3783
- Airframe hours
- 2,109
- Engine
- Continental W670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Lance Fenstermacher
- Registered owner
- Beaver Hill Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1989 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 9N1 · Erwinna, PA
- Airport
- 9N1 · Vansant, runway 25, 3,058 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,010 total · 1,850 in this make and model · 2,860 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °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 N60812 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.