- Date
- June 25, 1991, 20:00 local (Jun 26, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Limington, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N422SBoeing PT-17A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910625045589A
- Case key
- 36943
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Probable cause
The improper handling of the airplane while taxiing, which resulted in a loss of control. A factor was the limited experience of the pilot in this model.
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 had just landed and was making a turn on the runway. The left wheel went off the paved surface and became stuck in sand. The pilot said, he 'applied too much power and struck trees with lower wings.' The FAA report stated, 'when the pilot added power to free the aircraft, it taxied to the left and into a berm, hill of dirt and trees and stopped with the tail vertical.' The pilot had a total flight time of 15 hours in this make and model of airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N422S
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1697
- Engine
- Wright W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harvey A. Shulman
- Registered owner
- Harvey A. Shulman
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 63B · Limington Harmon, runway 11, 3,000 × 45 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.