Boeing A75N1(PT17) N65011

Summary

On 28 March 2025 at about 15:00 local time, a Boeing A75N1(PT17) registered N65011, operated by Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation Inc, was involved in an accident near Fort Myers, Florida, 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

28 March 2025 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Page Fld (FMY)

Coordinates

26.5866, -81.8632

Aircraft

Boeing A75N1(PT17)

Registration

N65011

Category

Airplane

Year built

1942

Engines

1

Operator

Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA192

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing impacting the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the vintage, tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the wind was gusty and variable in direction for the flight in the airport traffic pattern. The pilot reported asking air traffic control to land on runway 13 and was told by the controller that winds were “all over the place.” The pilot then elected to continue to land on runway 5, the runway currently in use. After performing a normal 3-point landing, the airplane began to weathervane to the right and the right wing raised up, resulting in the left wing impacting the runway, substantially damaging it. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A weather observation taken about 7 minutes prior to the accident reported the wind was from 100° at 16 knots, gusting to 23 knots. The crosswind component for runway 5 was calculated to be about 12 knots from the right, with the gust crosswind component reaching about 18 knots from the right. The crosswind component for runway 13 was calculated to be about 8 knots from the left, with the gust crosswind component reaching about 11 knots from the left.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.