# NTSB SEA95LA109: Boeing A75N1, N43286, Rawlins, WY, May 30, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 30, 1995, 13:57 local (19:57 UTC) - Place: Rawlins, WY - Coordinates: 41.779598, -107.22026 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7796&lon=-107.2203&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 19, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42157 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA95LA109 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42157/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA109 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CLIMB RATE. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND THE RISING TERRAIN. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor) - proper climb rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON REACHING 100 FEET AGL DURING TAKEOFF HE INITIATED A RIGHT TURN FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. THE AIRSPEED BEGAN TO DECREASE, AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED CLIMBING. DUE TO RISING TERRAIN AHEAD, THE PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE TERRAIN IN A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE AND NOSED OVER. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,050 FEET. ## Factual narrative On May 30, 1995, approximately 1357 mountain daylight time, a Boeing A75N1 "Stearman", N43286, being flown by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when the aircraft nosed over during an off airport landing immediately following takeoff from the Rawlins Municipal Airport, Rawlins, Wyoming. The pilot was uninjured and the passenger received minor injuries. No flight plan had been filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and was destined for Minden, Nevada. The pilot reported that he departed on runway 28 and became airborne approximately midway down the 4,320 foot runway. He reported executing a right turn upon reaching 100 feet above ground and immediately thereafter noticed a loss of airspeed and cessation of the climb. He terminated the turn, which was taking him towards upsloping terrain and turned left toward down sloping terrain. The aircraft then touched down briefly and the pilot retarded the throttle and the aircraft impacted the terrain in a three-point attitude, then rolled and bounced across the terrain until it nosed over. Airport elevation was 6,813 feet above sea level and the surface aviation weather observation taken at 1253 hours reported a temperature of 57 degrees F. Density altitude was approximately 8050 feet. The pilot reported that there was "nothing wrong with the airplane - it was fine". ## Aircraft - Registration: [N43286](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43286), registered now, S/N 75-8380 (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: 75-8380 - Engines: CONTINENTAL R-670-6A 220 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Wohlgemuth, Jeffrey, L. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: RWL - Destination: MINDEN, NV - Airport: RWL, Rawlins Municipal ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 591 total, 274 in this make and model, 523 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 9 knots - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: RWL, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19950530048759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950530048759A), May 30, 1995: Boeing E75, Rawlins, WY, Substantial damage. (-16) Airman competency involved because aircraft was not out of ground effect when a right turn was initiated for local noise abatement. Aircraft was not… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.