# Accident 20000902012319A: Boeing B75N1, Cape Girardeau, MO, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 17:40 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Cape Girardeau Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3393° N, 89.5710° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3393&lon=-89.5710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66607, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66607) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902012319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/2/00, MR LINDSEY BREDEMEYER WAS FLYING N66607, A BOEING B-75N1 FROM GREENWOOD MS TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO, ENROUTE TO A FINAL DESTINATION OF GALESBURG, IL. THE A/C IS OWNED BY MR.VERNON MAIN, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT OF A/C. AT TEN MILES OUT FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL AIRPORT (CGI) MR VERNON MAIN CONTACTED CGI TOWER FOR A CLEARANCE LAND CGI TOWER CLEARED N666-7 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 02. AT APPROX 3 MILES FROM AIRPORT, N66607 CONTACTED CGI TOWER AND SAID THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM AND THEY THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE A/C LANDED IN A CORN FIELD APPROX 2 MILES FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 02 TEARING OFF THE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE LOWER WINGS. MR.VERNON MAIN HAD COMMUNICATED WITH CGI TOWER CLAIMING THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEAD AND HE MUST OF RECEIVED SOME BAD FUEL. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER CALLING IN ON 2 MILE FINAL, THE ENGINE STARTED TO CUTOUT AND THAT THE FUEL IN THE TANK WITH THE MARKER AT THE LOWEST RED MARK (EMPTY).

## 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 CHI00LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA285), Sep 2, 2000: Boeing Stearman B75N1 (N66607), Cape Girardeau, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper decision to continue the flight when the fuel sight gauge indicated empty and the exhausted fuel supply. A factor was the corn crop.

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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