- Date
- August 18, 2012, 06:39 local (13:39 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47964Boeing B75N1
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120818021349A
- Case key
- 84822
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice landings in the tailwheel-equipped airplane. The pilot said that during the landing roll the airplane veered left. He applied corrective control inputs in an effort to realign the airplane with the runway; however, the airplane continued left and exited the runway surface. During the accident sequence, the airplane’s right wing contacted the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the outboard section of the lower wing. The pilot reported that he was landing with a left quartering crosswind and that the airplane sustained no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice landings in the tailwheel equipped airplane. The pilot said that during the landing roll the airplane veered left. He applied corrective control inputs in an effort to realign the airplane with the runway; however, the airplane continued left and exited the runway surface. During the accident sequence, the airplane’s right wing contacted the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the outboard section of the lower wing. The weather reported by the pilot on the NTSB accident report form revealed he was landing with a left quartering crosswind condition. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47964
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7540
- Airframe hours
- 3,627
- Engine
- Continental W670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
- Registered owner
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 2012 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- KFFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- KFFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Airport
- KFFZ · Falcon Field, runway 22R, 3,799 × 75 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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 7, 2012
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 793 total · 31 in this make and model · 735 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 20, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 143 KB in all.
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 N47964 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.