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| Date: | Sunday 17 May 2009 |
| Time: | 11:40 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman E75 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4787V |
| MSN: | 75-5814 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3360 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cottonwood, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blythe Airport, CA (BLH/KBLH) |
| Cottonwood, AZ (P52) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane stated that during the landing roll the airplane began to drift to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and right aileron, and the airplane then encountered a gust of wind from the right. The left wing then struck the runway surface and the airplane departed the runway to the right, coming to rest in soft soil. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower wing spar during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswinds during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR09CA265
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1996 | N4787V | Golden Wings Advertising, Inc. | 0 | Taos, NM | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 18:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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