Boeing Stearman PT-17 accident near Anniston, AL
On July 24, 2001, a Boeing Stearman PT-17 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Anniston, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 24, 2001
- Place
- Anniston, AL
- Aircraft
- Boeing Stearman PT-17 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.717°N, 85.879°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010731X01560
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 24, 2001, at 1030 central daylight time, a Boeing Stearman PT-17, N56920, collided with the ground at the Indian Oaks Golf Course, in Anniston, Alabama. The airplane was registered to a partnership and operated by one of the partners who was an airline transport pilot (ATP) under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The pilot and pilot rated passenger received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane departed Anniston Metro Airport, Anniston, Alabama, at 1015. According to witnesses, the airplane was circling the golf course and then began to climb, shortly after climbing to an undetermined altitude, the airplane went into a nose down slow spin and impacted into a stand of trees. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot was certificated as a airline transport pilot for airplane single and multiengine land, helicopter, and was certified as a flight instructor for instrument airplane single and multiengine land and helicopter. In addition, the pilot was type rated in the following aircraft; BE-200, BE-300, BH-204, CE-500, DC-3 and the Lear Jet. The pilot reported having 20,300 hours of total civilian hours on his last medical examination. The pilot's most recent first class medical was issued on October 24, 2000 with the restriction to wear corrective lenses. The pilot's logbook was not located during the course of the investigation. The pilot rated passenger was certificated as a private pilot for airplane single, multi
Probable cause
The inadvertent activation of the flight control gust locks by the pilot rated passenger that resulted in the loss of control inflight. Contributing was the pilot in commands failure to follow the airplane's pre-flight inspection check list.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
