Boeing B75N1 N47964

Summary

On 18 August 2012 at about 13:39 local time, a Boeing B75N1 registered N47964, operated by American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, was involved in an accident near Mesa, Arizona, 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

18 August 2012 at 13:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Falcon Field (KFFZ)

Coordinates

33.4608, -111.7283

Aircraft

Boeing B75N1

Registration

N47964

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mesa → Mesa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA372

Nobody was injured.

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

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

Read the full NTSB 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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.