# Accident 20180223000189A: Boeing B75N1, Zephyrhills, FL, February 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2018, 13:30 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2281° N, 82.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2281&lon=-82.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62438, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62438-2019-09-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL W670-6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180223000189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OPERATING N62438 REPORTED:

"HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO KPZH RUNWAY 23 AT THE ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT AT 1800? WHEN HIS RADIAL ENGINE, A CONTINENTAL W670-6 QUIT RUNNING.  HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE OLD LAKELAND HIGHWAY JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHEN HE HIT A TRAFFIC LIGHT/STREET SIGN POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING, UPPER WING TO LOWER WING SUPPORT STRUT.  THE POLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20? HIGH.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE DEPARTED THE AIRFRAME AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON IT?S RIGHT WING IN THE DITCH NEXT TO THE ROAD."

THE RIGHT WING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED. THE REST OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT WING WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA18LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA086), Feb 23, 2018: Stearman B75 (N62438), Zephryhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power and impact with a pole during a forced landing.

## Other reports on N62438 (3)

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

- [Incident 19960616022049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960616022049I), Jun 16, 1996: Boeing B75N1 (N62438), Howell, MI. Narrative: the pilot (william d rodgers) stated that while rolling down runway 13 he placed his feet on the brakes and the aircraft then veered to the right.…
- [Accident 19900905038219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900905038219A), Sep 5, 1990: Boeing B75N1 (N62438), Marseilles, IL, Substantial damage. While flying low over a river struck powerline and crashed. Apparently did not see wires due to haze.
- [Accident 19830907048059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830907048059A), Sep 7, 1983: Boeing B75N1 (N62438), Galesburg, IL, Substantial damage. Airplane struck a runway marker with its tailwheel and ground looped during a crosswind landing.

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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