ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360367
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| Date: | Friday 3 June 1994 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman A75N1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9046Y |
| MSN: | 75-2337 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13280 hours |
| Engine model: | WRIGHT W670-6N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Paris, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elkhart, IN (3C1) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING HIS TAIL WHEEL AIRPLANE AT A FRIEND'S PRIVATE, TURF AIRSTRIP WHEN THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AN UNSEEN FENCE POST. THE PILOT SAID THIS WAS HIS FIRST LANDING AT THIS AIRSTRIP, AND HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE FENCE POST.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. Factors associated with the accident are a fence post, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the geographic area (landing environment).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI94LA188
History of this aircraft
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 06:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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