# Accident 19980615013439A: Boeing A75N1, Arbuckle, CA, June 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1998, 16:55 local time
- Place: Arbuckle, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0142° N, 122.0610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arbuckle, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0142&lon=-122.0610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48576, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48576-2000-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 14,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980615013439A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK VEHICLE AND FLIPPED OVER LANDING ON AG STRIP. HIT VEHICLE ROOF AND GROUND NOSE FIRST. FLIPPED OVER. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS SITUATED PERPENDICULAR TO A ROAD.  HE OVERFLEW THE PRIVATE DIRT STRIP TWO TIMES TO CHECK FOR LANDING DIRECTION AND ON-COMING TRAFFIC.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE OBSERVED NO ON-COMING TRAFFIC.  HE REPORTED THAT AS HE REACHED THE THRESHOLD 'THINGS HAPPENED.'  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BECAME INVERTED FACING THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK A VEHICLE.  BOTH THE PILOT AND DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF EACH OTHER'S PRESENCE.  NO SIGNAGE IS AVAILABLE WARNING VEHICLES OF LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT.                                             (-23)ON JUNE 14, 1998, AT 1655 HOUS PDT, A BOEING (STEARMAN) A75N1, N48576, STRUCK A VEHICLE AND LANDED INVERTED ON A AGRICULTURAL AIRSTRIP NEAR ARBUCKLE, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR CUTS TO HIS HANDS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT STATED DUR                                           ING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRSTRIP TO OBSERVE THE WIND SOCK AND LOOK FOR TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE APPROACH END OF THE STRIP. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE ANY VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AS HE TURNED FINAL.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ROOF OF THE MOVING VEHICLE JUST AFT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, HIT THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND ROLLED INVERTED FACING THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE DRIVER STATED HE WAS TRAVELING AT THE POSTED SPEED OF 55 MPH SOUTHBOUND ON LONES STAR ROAD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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