# Accident 20180625013659A: Boeing B75N1, Lexington, NC, June 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2018, 11:45 local time
- Place: Lexington, NC
- Airport: Davidson County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7844° N, 80.2989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7844&lon=-80.2989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52584, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52584) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18TA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180625013659A

## Narrative

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

ON SECOND LANDING, (WHEEL LANDING) THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED STRAIGHT UNTIL THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THE PLANE STARTED TRACKING TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.  PILOT PUT IN CORRECTION BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE DRIFT.  PILOT STATED HE APPLIED NORMAL BRAKING THEN THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER SLOWLY ON IT'S NOSE, THE PROPELLER CONTACTING THE GROUND FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE CENTER PROPELLER HUB.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S BACK FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  ONE WITNESS STATED HEARING SCREECHING TIRES AND LOOKED OUT THE HANGER TO SEE THE STEARMAN PITCH NOSE FORWARD PROP STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER THE NOSE COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

## 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 ERA18TA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA179), Jun 25, 2018: Stearman B75 (N52584), Lexington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s overapplication of the wheel brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N52584 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830113002439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830113002439I), Jan 13, 1983: Boeing B75N1 (N52584), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Engine failed. Aircraft flipped on its back on emergency landing. Cause of engine failure not determined yet.

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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