# NTSB CEN22LA393: Boeing B75N1, N66417, Harvard, IL, August 24, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 24, 2022, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Harvard, IL - Coordinates: 42.24, -88.37 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2400&lon=-88.3700&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 105796 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA393 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105796/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105796 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA393 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during take-off, which resulted in a collision with crop and terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing B75N1, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1380144), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Boeing B75N1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=1380144), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing B75N1, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=1380144), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, just after take-off and while conducting the after-take-off checklist, the airplane drifted to the right and the right wing struck in a corn field. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N66417](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66417), registered now, S/N 75-6826, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Boeing (Stearman) B75N1 - Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 75-6826 - Year built: 1942 - Airframe hours: 6765 - Engines: Continental W670-6N 220 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 16, 2022 - Departed: OCO, Harvard, IL - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 0C0, Dacy Airport, runway 27, 3,589 × 105 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 81; injuries: minor; flight engineer, commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review November 8, 2021; seat: rear; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 23,900 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 13,800 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F - METAR: RFD WX: 1945Z VRB04 10 SCT 048 SCT250 28/ 17 3007 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20220824015049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220824015049A), Aug 24, 2022: Boeing B75N1, Harvard, IL, Substantial damage. On August 24, 2022, [privacy data omitted]was the pilot in command (PIC) of[privacy data omitted] during a touch and go landing on runway 27 at dacy airport,… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 15, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105796. 6.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14398893&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20-%20Thomas%20Lowe_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 8 pages, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14459080&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Airplane%20-%20Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statement (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 141 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14458449&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20conversation%20Mr.%20Thomas%20Lowe-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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