# Accident 19820508014339A: Boeing A75N1, Pleasant Grove, CA, May 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1982, 08:53 local time
- Place: Pleasant Grove, CA
- Airport: West Catlett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8328° N, 121.5804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at West Catlett Airstrip, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8328&lon=-121.5804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68820, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,775 total, 25 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FVG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVG23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820508014339A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. TRIED POWER TO RECOVER, RAN OFF STRIP INTO A TRACTOR, FATALLY INJURED DRIVER.

## 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 LAX82FVG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVG23), May 8, 1982: Boeing A75N1 (N68820), Pleasant Grove, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N68820 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030109037739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030109037739A), Jan 9, 2003: Boeing A75N1 (N68820), Jean, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC was waiting for the other aircraft (N84889) to get started before taxiing out to depart for north las vegas airport (vgt). His aircraft engine was…

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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