# Accident 19800524015669A: Boeing A75, Wenona, NC, May 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Wenona, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.7182° N, 76.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenona, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7182&lon=-76.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26M) (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 A75
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,540 total, 70 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800524015669A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON SPRAY RUN. AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON CONTACT WITH CORNFIELD. FOUNDSTUCK VALVES & WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ATL80FLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLJ13), May 24, 1980: Boeing A75N1 (N26M), Wenoma, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N26M (3)

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

- [Accident 20140608012199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140608012199A), Jun 8, 2014: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N26M), Reading, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot set up for landing runway 31. Tower reported wind at 2409. Upon touchdown with mains on the runway as tail was lowered the aircraft began a turn to the…
- [Incident 19820324016929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820324016929I), Mar 24, 1982: Boeing A75N1 (N26M), Creswell, NC, Minor damage. Engine quit. Landed in a lake and flipped over. Water in fuel.
- [Accident 19750128004679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750128004679A), Jan 28, 1975: Boeing A75N1 (N26M), Immokale, FL, Substantial damage. Reduced RPM too soon while clbg.

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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