# Accident 19800504012689A: Boeing A75N1, Marengo, IL, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: Marengo, IL
- Airport: Philip Walpole Rl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2465° N, 88.5975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marengo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2465&lon=-88.5975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4997V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4997V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,540 total, 146 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504012689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

REPORTED LEFT BRAKE FAILED ON LANDING. HIT RIGHT BRAKE. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A FENCE. FLUID ON LEFT BRAKE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80FEE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE23), May 4, 1980: Boeing A75N1 (N4997V), Marengo, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4997V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220702011639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220702011639I), Jul 2, 2022: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N4997V), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Pilot landed aircraft and on roll out, the left wheel assembly broke apart. This caused the tire innertube to deflate and the left lower wing tip and aileron…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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