ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288455
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 June 2010 |
| Time: | 09:19 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman B75N1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N27WE |
| MSN: | 75-6651 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2388 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming R-680-13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arlington, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Manassas Regional-Harry P. Davis Field, VA (MNZ/KHEF) |
| Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, as he entered the flare to land at an airspeed of about 70 miles per hour, he planned to keep the airplane's tail in the air and roll farther down the runway to allow more room for the following airplanes in his formation. He stated that, when the wheels touched the runway, he inadvertently applied the wheel brakes via the rudder pedals, which was evident by the skid marks found on the runway. (Pressing forward on the tops of the rudder pedals activates the main wheel brakes.) The pilot's use of the brakes while touching down at high speed in this type of airplane, which has a high center of gravity and a tail wheel, caused it to flip over onto the top wing and the vertical stabilizer and rudder. Although the pilot had 875 total flight hours, including 190 hours in Stearman airplanes, he stated that he had seldom used the brakes in over 600 landings in the accident airplane. Therefore, the pilot was not familiar with the feel and effectiveness of the airplane's wheel brakes.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent use of the wheel brakes at high speed during the touchdown phase of the landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the feel and effectiveness of the airplane's wheel brakes.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DCA10FA066
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 2018 | N27WE | Hangar 39 LLC | 0 | Culpeper, VA | |
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| 04-Oct-2022 22:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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