Boeing 75 N27933

Summary

On 5 October 2006 at about 19:00 local time, a Boeing 75 registered N27933 was involved in an accident near Sweetwater, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 October 2006 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sweetwater, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Avenger Field (KSWW)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 75

Registration

N27933

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eastland → Sweetwater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA003

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 4,319-hour airline transport rated pilot completed the third leg of his flight and was landing at an intermediate stop to refuel the 1941-vintage biplane. The pilot reported that he executed a normal approach for landing on runway 04 (a dry asphalt 5,659-foot long by 75-foot wide runway) with the winds being reported from 050 degrees at 5 knots. During the landing flare for a three-point landing, the pilot reported that the nose of the airplane began to veer to the right and roll to the left. The pilot attempted to correct for the drift when the airplane exited the right side of the runway and ground looped. During the ground loop, the fabric-covered left wing impacted the ground resulting in structural damage to the left wing strut. The pilot, who was uninjured, reported having accumulated a total of 11-hours in the make and model.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.