# NTSB CEN25LA370: Boeing E75, N75675, Benton, KS, September 7, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 7, 2025, 17:04 local (22:04 UTC) - Place: Benton, KS - Coordinates: 37.781168, -97.114166 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7812&lon=-97.1142&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 9, 2026 - 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): 200958 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA370 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200958/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200958 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA370 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a moving vehicle during an evasive maneuver from a perceived conflict with another airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of the other airplane’s non-standard phraseology and inaccurate position report. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 132 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md) - [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot of other aircraft (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500/cases.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041500/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing E75, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1380120), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was in the traffic pattern for the private airport and planning to land in the grass next to the paved runway. As the pilot made a turn to final approach, he heard another airplane report being “short final” for the same runway. The pilot and passenger attempted to make visual contact with the other airplane. Unable to make visual contact with the other airplane, the pilot elected to quickly land his airplane. The pilot conducted a forward slip during his descent, and the airplane’s main landing gear impacted an automobile that was being driven on the adjacent roadway near the approach end of the runway. The airplane landed hard in the grass and came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, upper right and left wings, and both wing struts. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The displaced threshold for the landing runway was located about 242 ft from the approach end of the runway. The roadway that crossed the extended runway centerline was located about 36 ft from the approach end of the runway pavement, about 278 ft from the displaced threshold. The (Obstacle) Departure Procedures for the airport list vehicles on road beginning 20 ft from the runway and left and right of centerline. According to the pilot, after the accident it was reported that the other airplane was about 5 miles from the airport when that pilot radioed he was on “short final” for the runway. The Aeronautical Information Manual states that inbound pilots should self-announce on UNICOM when they are 10 miles out, entering downwind, base, final, and when leaving the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N75675](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75675), registered now, S/N 75-5163, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING E75 - Registry model: [Boeing E75](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (registry code 1380120) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 75-5163 - Year built: 1943 - Airframe hours: 4849.12 - Engines: Continental W-670 220 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2025 - Departed: K34, Gardner, KS - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 1K1, Lloyd Stearman Fld, runway 17/35, 5,106 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; flight engineer, commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, waiver time limited special; last flight review July 15, 2024; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 8 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: KAAO, 5 nm away - METAR: KAAO 072154Z AUTO 18008G17KT 10SM CLR 24/09 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02440094 ## 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 20250907012609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250907012609A), Sep 7, 2025: Boeing E75, Benton, KS, Substantial damage. On September 7, 2025, at Lloyd Stearman Field (1K1) while on approach to land a Boeing E75 Stearman struck a car on the approach end of approximately 50 feet… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 9, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200958. 2.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 305 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19591496&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20N75675_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19592203&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Mor - pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 65 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19591297&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20-%20Stewart-Rel.pdf - Aim excerpt (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19591844&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=AIM%20Excerpt-Rel.pdf - Odp 1K1 (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 455 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19592406&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ODP%201K1-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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