Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
NTSB analysis
The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that during landing touchdown, with gusty crosswind conditions, the left wing lifted and the right wing dragged on the runway. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the runway to the right into a ditch and nosed over.
The vertical stabilizer and both wings sustained substantial damage.
The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for GAA16CA249 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- May 20, 2016
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- El Cajon, California
- Nearest airport
- Gillespie Field (SEE)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Boeing B75
- N-number
- N61445
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1941
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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