N58095 – Boeing PT-17 STEARMAN – 1998-09-22 NTSB Accident Report

On September 22, 1998, a Boeing PT-17 STEARMAN (N58095) was involved in an incident near So. Charleston, WV. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.

On September 22, 1998, about 1900 Eastern Daylight Time, a Boeing PT-17 Stearman, N58095, was substantially damaged during landing at Mallory Airport (WV12), South Charleston, West Virginia. The certificated commercial pilot was uninjured, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the local flight, which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The pilot stated to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector that after landing on the dry, 24 foot-wide runway, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot said he overcorrected, and the airplane went off the right side of the runway. The airplane slid on wet grass, impacted a ditch, and flipped over.

This incident is documented in NTSB report NYC98LA191. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N58095.