Summary
On September 20, 2000, a Boeing Stearman D75N1 (N64796) was involved in an incident near Englewood, CO. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The flight instructor not maintaining supervision. Contributing factors were the student's hard landing due to excessive flare and subsequent inadvertent stall, and the student's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
On September 20, 2000, at approximately 1400 mountain daylight time, a Boeing D75N1 (Stearman), N64796, was substantially damaged during landing at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. The flight instructor and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were not injured. A private individual was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight that originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident. The flight instructor had not filed a flight plan.
According to the flight instructor, the commercial pilot receiving instruction was conducting a touch and go landing, and he flared the airplane too high. The aircraft stalled and dropped to the runway.
This incident is documented in NTSB report DEN00LA172. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N64796.
Accident Details
Probable Cause and Findings
the flight instructor not maintaining supervision. Contributing factors were the student's hard landing due to excessive flare and subsequent inadvertent stall, and the student's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
Aircraft Information
Registered Owner (Current)
Analysis
On September 20, 2000, at approximately 1400 mountain daylight time, a Boeing D75N1 (Stearman), N64796, was substantially damaged during landing at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. The flight instructor and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were not injured. A private individual was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight that originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident. The flight instructor had not filed a flight plan.
According to the flight instructor, the commercial pilot receiving instruction was conducting a touch and go landing, and he flared the airplane too high. The aircraft stalled and dropped to the runway. The student lost directional control of the aircraft and it subsequently ground looped. The aircraft exited the left side of the runway and the right wingtip contacted the ground, damaging the right lower aft wing spar.
Data Source
Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). For more information on this event, visit the NTSB Records Search website. NTSB# DEN00LA172