Boeing 1942 N65PG

Summary

On 1 September 2007 at about 18:00 local time, a Boeing 1942 registered N65PG, operated by Peter Gill, was involved in an accident near Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. One person was 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

1 September 2007 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

35.0000, -97.0000

Aircraft

Boeing 1942

Registration

N65PG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Peter Gill

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Edmond → Edmond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA192

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff resuting in a nose over. A contributing factor was the soft terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot lost directional control of the tail-wheel equipped biplane while attempting to takeoff from a 3,000-foot long, by 100-foot wide grass airstrip. The 2,500-hour private pilot reported that during the takeoff roll from Runway 35, the vintage airplane began to drift to the left side of the airstrip. The pilot added that he attempted to maintain directional control by applying full right rudder and aileron; however, the airplane continued to veer to the left and exiting the left side of the runway into soft terrain. The airplane nosed over and came to rest in the inverted position. The pilot was able to egress the airplane with the assistance of a friend. The 79-year old pilot reported having accumulated approximately 1,000-hours in the same make and model airplane. Weather at the airport 7 minutes prior to the mishap was reported as winds from 085 degrees at 2 to 5 knots, visibility 10 miles with skies clear, temperature 29 degrees Celsius, dew point 15 degrees Celsius, and altimeter 30.10 inches of Mercury.

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