Boeing A75N1 (PT17) N48182

Summary

On 25 October 2016 at about 19:15 local time, a Boeing A75N1 (PT17) registered N48182, operated by Commemorative Air Force, was involved in an accident near Ingleside, Texas, 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

25 October 2016 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Ingleside, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

McCampbell-Porter Airport (TFP)

Coordinates

27.9131, -97.2114

Aircraft

Boeing A75N1 (PT17)

Registration

N48182

Category

Airplane

Year built

1940

Engines

1

Operator

Commemorative Air Force

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Aransas → Ingleside

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN17LA032

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain proper yaw and roll control during takeoff, which resulted in excessive adverse yaw upon liftoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot was conducting a personal flight in the tailwheel-equipped airplane in the airport traffic pattern. He reported making two uneventful stop-and-go landings before the accident takeoff. The third takeoff was uneventful until the tail became airborne, and the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied back stick pressure to become airborne, and upon liftoff, the airplane continued to yaw right. He reduced airplane pitch to increase airspeed, but the airplane continued to yaw right, and it subsequently entered an uncommanded right roll with a slight nose-up pitch attitude. The pilot was unable to regain control with full left rudder and left aileron inputs, and the airplane impacted terrain in a right-wing-low attitude. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. Although the pilot believed a failure of the horizontal stabilizer caused the loss of control during takeoff, a postaccident laboratory examination determined that all observed separations were consistent with overstress failures due to impact-related damage; no materials anomalies were identified with any of the submitted components. It is likely the pilot did not maintain proper yaw and roll control during takeoff, which resulted in excessive adverse yaw upon liftoff. The pilot reported having flown 10 hours in the accident airplane make/model.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.