ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 135003
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| Date: | Sunday 7 October 2007 |
| Time: | 11:43 |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman A75N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N66004 |
| MSN: | 75-2446 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6590 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental W670 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bealeton, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Midland, VA (3VA3) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the 1941 Boeing A75N (Stearman) reported that the airplane powered up as expected, "accelerated normally, [and] perhaps [took] a little longer than usual on the takeoff roll." The airplane lifted off the grass strip but would not climb before it struck trees and wires and was destroyed by a postcrash fire. The pilot said that there were no deficiencies in the airplane's performance and handling. When asked what may have caused the accident, the pilot stated that he didn't know but that the high density-altitude, the airplane's high gross weight, and a tailwind "didn't help." Although the performance charts provided by the airplane's owner were for an airplane with a lower gross weight and contained no tailwind adjustment data, the pilot reported that he had never seen the charts and that he did not conduct any performance planning before the takeoff.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to conduct performance planning before takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20071106X01731&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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