# Accident 20140504007229A: Boeing E75, Fairfield, CA, May 4, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2014, 13:59 local time
- Place: Fairfield, CA
- Airport: Travis Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2644° N, 121.9242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2644&lon=-121.9242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68828, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (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 E75
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140504007229A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 4, 2014 I WAS THE IIC FOR THE TRAVIS AFB AIRSHOW NAMED THUNDER OVER SOLANO.

I OBSERVED MR. EDDIE ANDREINI FLYING A STERMAN (BOEING E75) N68828 AS A PERFORMER DURING THE AIR SHOW.  PART OF MR. ANDREINI PERFORMANCE IS TO MAKE AN INVERTED PASS OVER THE RUNWAY AND CUT A RIBBON WITH THE AIRCRAFT. DURING HIS INVERTED PASS MR. ANDRIENI AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID INVERTED ON RUNWAY 21R AT TRAVIS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST I COULD SEE A FIRE THAT APPEARED TO BE BURNING AROUND THE ENGINE COWLING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 WPR14FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA182), May 4, 2014: Boeing E75 (N68828), Fairfield, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the runway during a low-level aerobatic maneuver due to his impairment by an over-the-counter antihistamine. Contributing to the severity of the pilot's…

## Other reports on N68828 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030712018339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030712018339I), Jul 12, 2003: Boeing E75 (N68828), Tacoma, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was performing an inverted ribbon cut at an airshow. He made several passes under the ribbon prior to the ribbon cut. Aircraft wing tip struck one…

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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