# NTSB CEN26LA313: Stearman A75, N680HW, Bogue Chitto, MS, September 8, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 8, 2026, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Bogue Chitto, MS
- Coordinates: 32.912923, -88.820489 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9129&lon=-88.8205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Jackson FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA313
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA313

## Preliminary report

On September 8, 2026, about 1100 central daylight time, a Boeing-Stearman A75L300 airplane, N680HW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the passenger was uninjured. The airplane operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that in cruise flight, the passenger reported that oil spray was coming in the cockpit and he could smell burning oil from the engine. The pilot saw that oil pressure had decreased and began to divert to the nearest airfield. When the oil pressure read zero, the pilot shut the engine down and performed a forced landing on a road. During the landing, the airplane’s lower right wing collided with a road sign, and the pilot subsequently lost control of the airplane. The airplane then turned and veered through a fence and came to rest in a pasture. During the accident sequence, the fuselage and the upper and lower wings sustained substantial damage. A visual inspection of the engine by responding FAA inspectors did not locate an obvious source for the reported loss of oil. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340); cases with it: [Boeing A75L300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md?model=1380132), [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing A75L300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=1380132), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Boeing A75L300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=1380132), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Boeing A75L300, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1380132), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N680HW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N680HW), registered now, S/N 75-1830, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEARMAN A75 (L300)
- Registry model: [Boeing A75L300](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75l300) (registry code 1380132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming R680](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (registry code 41540, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-1830
- Year built: 1941
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Omega 1 Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed: 23M, Quitman, MS
- Destination: 25M, Ripley, MS

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: KLMS, 18 nm away
- METAR: METAR KLMS 081555Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 31/23 A3019 RMK AO2

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.

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