Boeing A75N1(PT17) accident near Madras, OR
On August 27, 2016, a Boeing A75N1(PT17) (airplane) was involved in an accident near Madras, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 27, 2016
- Place
- Madras, OR
- Aircraft
- Boeing A75N1(PT17) · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.669°N, 121.153°W
- NTSB ID
- 20160827X12409
Official records · WPR16FA169
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 27, 2016, about 1425 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing Stearman A75N1 (PT-17), N999PP, was destroyed when it impacted runway 34 during an aerial demonstration flight at Madras Municipal Airport (S33), Madras, Oregon. The commercial pilot received fatal injuries. The airplane was owned by Unusual Attitudes, LLC and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the exhibition flight. The pilot was one of several civilian aerial demonstration pilots who performed at the 2-day "Airshow of the Cascades," which included both static and aerial displays. According to information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the public event and aerial demonstrations took place Friday evening and Saturday, August 26-27. The pilot flew the accident airplane in a practice session Friday morning and again during a public demonstration later that evening, about 2000 local; both flights were uneventful, and the pilot completed the maneuver without incident. The accident occurred during the second day of the event. Witnesses observed the airplane take off from runway 34 and reported that the airplane lifted off the runway and remained in a level attitude just above the runway surface before climbing to perform an inside loop. Witnesses reported that the airplane descended inverted from the top of the loop to a point at which the airplane's pitch attitude was about 10 to 20° nose-down. The airplane continued in that attitude until it i
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the runway during a low-level aerobatic maneuver. Contributing to the accident was a high density altitude and the pilot's failure to plan/adequately compensate for high density altitude conditions.
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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.
