# Accident 19850526020869A: Boeing A75L300, Tea, SD, May 26, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1985, 17:30 local time
- Place: Tea, SD
- Airport: Great Planes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4397° N, 96.8306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4397&lon=-96.8306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1 (registry code 1380165, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680E series (registry code 41545, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75L300
- Reported engine: CONT W67024
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85FTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FTK01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850526020869A

## Narrative

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

BOTH PILOTS THOUGHT THE OTHER WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE. DESCENDED INTO GROUND.

## 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 DEN85FTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FTK01), May 26, 1985: Boeing A75 (N555), Tea, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N555 (2)

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

- [Accident 19820620028969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820620028969A), Jun 20, 1982: Boeing A75N1 (N555), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Veered off edge of runway on a wheel landing. Right wheel mired in soft sand. Airplane nosed up. Broke wing spar.
- [Accident 19750906035221A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750906035221A), Sep 6, 1975: Boeing A75L300 (N555), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Plt told to expedite tkof,precluded s turning.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.