# Accident 19970406004969A: Boeing B75N1, Columbia, SC, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 11:07 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9407° N, 81.1507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9407&lon=-81.1507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52507 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: CONT W6706N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,023 total, 54 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004969A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT WHILE LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. STRUCK POWERLINE. STOPPED ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY. FUEL EXHAUSTION. (-23) ON 04/06/97, AT APPROXIMATELY 1107 LOCAL TIME PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO COLUMBIA TOWER. PILOT STATES AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED ABRUPTLY THEN STARTED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THEN STOPPED.  PILOT LANDED OFF AIRPORT ON HIGHWAY 321.  WHILE LANDING AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND CAME TO REST ON RIGHT SIDE OF HIGHWAY 321.  NO INJURIES.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCLUDED.

## 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 MIA97LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA115), Apr 6, 1997: Boeing Stearman B75N1 (N52507), Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning/decision and failure to assure an adequate supply of fuel was on board the airplane.

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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