- Date
- November 10, 1984, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Rustburgh, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5506ABoeing 75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841110070309A
- Case key
- 6706
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was landing on the 1,100 foot long runway to the south with a 16 knot tailwind. The plt continued to state that while on final apch the aircraft had an excessive rate of sink. The plt added full power in an attempt to arrest the descent but the acft struck the runway hard, breaking the left main landing gear. The aircraft nosed over and skidded aprx 25 feet.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5506A
- Reported as
- Boeing 75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-15258
- Airframe hours
- 7,605
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Caleb A. Glick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1984 · 72 hours before
- Airport
- Glick Ag Strip, runway 18, 1,100 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,978 total · 372 in this make and model · 2,214 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- LYN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5506A · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.