SEA93LA112

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing A75N1 · Hardin, MT · May 19, 1993

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
May 19, 1993, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
Place
Hardin, MT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9041RBoeing A75N1
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report November 19, 1993
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19930519014589A
Case key
43025

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Probable cause

The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control.

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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - roll
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Nose overLanding - roll

Analysis

During the landing roll the aircraft began drifting right and the pilot corrected by applying left rudder and brake. A loss of directional control followed and the aircraft then departed the runway and nosed over.

Aircraft

Registration
N9041R
Reported as
Boeing A75N1
Category
Airplane
Serial number
75-4659
Airframe hours
2,960
Engine
P&W R985-AN-1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Ferry · Part 91
Operator
Carver, Donald J.
Registered owner
Quinn, Louis F.
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Restricted (Special)
Last inspection
Annual · July 3, 1992 · 55 hours before
Departed
BYG · Buffalo, WY
Destination
MT02 · MT
Airport
MT02 · Fairgrounds Airpark, runway 4, 3,542 × 60 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
48
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Front
Flight hours
1,221 total · 7 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
40° at 6 knots
Visibility
50 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
64 °F, dew point 34 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
BIL, 39 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.