Boeing A75N1(PT17) accident near Burlington, Vermont, June 26, 2025
On June 26, 2025 at about 8:00 pm local time, a 1943 Boeing A75N1(PT17), registered N17N, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (flare/touchdown) near Burlington, Vermont (Patrick Leahy Burlington Intl airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane on landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 26, 2025 · about 8:00 pm local time · cases in 2025
- Place
- Burlington, Vermont · Patrick Leahy Burlington Intl · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Boeing A75N1(PT17), built 1943 · all A75N1(PT17)s on the register
- Registration
- N17N · registry record · serial 75-3667
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot said he was attempting to make a 3-pt. landing in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, when he flared too low, and the airplane bounced. Upon touchdown from the bounce, the airplane entered an unrecoverable yaw moment due to insufficient rudder authority, and the airplane spun 270° off the runway. As the airplane exited the runway, the lower right wing struck the ground resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control on ground during landing (flare/touchdown) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: helicopter; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 1,719.1 hours in all; 13.8 in this make and model; 62 in the last 90 days; 20.1 in the last 30 days; 1,590.4 as pilot in command; 634.7 on instruments
- Last flight review: January 13, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rear
- Injury: no injuries
Passenger
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,826 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, April 24, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 2,950 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming R-680E3B (piston); 2,073 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 01/1, 4,112 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 18,000 ft; scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 86°F (30°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter: 29.70 inHg
- Observation at 3:54 pm from KBTV, 29 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KBTV 011954Z 28007KT 10SM SCT040 SCT070 BKN180 30/21 A2970
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Photographs from the investigation 3 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
Photograph 1 – Right Side View of Airplane
Photograph 2 – Exterior Damage to Lower Right Wing
Photograph 3 – Damaged Lower Right Wing SparThe NTSB's photographs with the NTSB's captions, at screen size. Open a picture to see it full size or to report one that should not be shown.
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
3 documents, released by the NTSB on November 14, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 10 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Investigation Photographs | PDF, 4 pages · our copy | View Download |
| 3 | Airport Video | video | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N17N on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 977 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Boeing 6,677 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Lycoming R-680E3B 13 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Patrick Leahy Burlington International · nearest airport
- Accidents and incidents in Vermont 248 since 1982 · 35 in the last ten years
- Vermont 676 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ERA25LA241.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.