# Accident 19970702016629A: Boeing B75N1, Locust Grove, GA, July 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1997, 09:35 local time
- Place: Locust Grove, GA
- Airport: Mallards Landing Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3403° N, 84.0998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3403&lon=-84.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N450GC-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,270 total, 80 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970702016629A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF, SMOKE COMING FROM AIRCRAFT, ATTEMPTED TO RETURN, CRASHED. (.4)AFTER TAKEOFF, A WITNESS OBSERVED A PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN AND DESCENDED RAPIDLY. DURING THE ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE #6 CYLINDER HEAD WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE.  METALLURGICAL TESTING ON THE CYLINDER HEAD REVEALED THAT THE FRACTURE WAS INDICATIVE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SEPARATION OR OVERSTRESS.                                                (-23) AFTER TAKE OFF, PUFF OF SMOKE OBSERVED COMING FROM ENGINE, AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT & CRASHED DURING APPROACH TO FIELD.

## 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 ATL97FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97FA095), Jul 2, 1997: Boeing Stearman B75N1 (N450GC), Locust Grove, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall encountered by the pilot after experiencing an in-flight cylinder head separation.

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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