# Incident 19970824029699I: Boeing B75N1, Salina, OH, August 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salina, OH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4408N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4408N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 84 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970824029699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. BUSH STATES THAT ON THE DAY IN QUESTION HE WAS DEPARTING BEAN'S PRIVATE AIRPORT, MR. BUSH STATES THAT AS HE BEGAN THE TAKEOFF HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE TAIL AS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT (CONVENTIONAL GEAR). HE STATED THAT THE TAIL ROSE RAPIDLY AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER COMING TO REST ON IT'S TOP WING AND THE RUDDER. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS OVER ROTATION BY MR. BUSH. THERE IS A VERY PRONOUNCED DOWNGRADE AS YOU TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH; THIS APPARENTLY CAUSED THE NOSE TO DROP AS MR. BUSH WAS RAISING THE TAIL, WHICH CAUSED THE UNEXPECTED RAPID RISE OF THE TAIL. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MR. BUSH HAD OPERATED OUT OF THIS STRIP. THE AIRSTRIP MR. BUSH WAS OPERATING OUT OF IS A PRIVATE STRIP, AND PROBABLY DOES NOT MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PUBLIC AIRPORT AS FAR AS LEVEL SURFACES FOR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. THE PRONOUNCED GRADE ON THE RUNWAY WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO BOBBY WAGNOR, THE INSTRUCTOR WHO CHECKED MR. BUSH OUT IN THE AIRCRAFT, MR. BUSH IS VERY COMPETENT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE SURFACE CONDITION WAS FAR BEYOND THE NORM.

## Other reports on N4408N (4)

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

- [Accident 19910616022062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910616022062A), Jun 16, 1991: Boeing A75N1 (N4408N), Mundelein, IL, Substantial damage. On landing roll collided wiht N59791 that was taking off downwind in opposite direction. Did not use radio.
- [Accident 19880731028529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880731028529A), Jul 31, 1988: Boeing B75N1 (N4408N), Greenwood/Wonde, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot reported power loss on takeoff. Stalled into a corn field off end of runway. No engine defects found.
- [Accident 19790714025871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790714025871A), Jul 14, 1979: Boeing B75N1 (N4408N), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. During touch & go lndg, overtook & hit other acft on same rwy. First acft on rollout was slowing to taxi off rwy.
- [Accident 19770819021739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770819021739A), Aug 19, 1977: Boeing B75N1 (N4408N), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage

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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