- Date
- May 22, 1982, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N65544Boeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69745
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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.
Analysis
The pilot started a turn at low altitude after takeoff and the aircraft started to sink. Since he was headed for trees, the pilot allowed the aircraft to settle to the ground in a residential backyard. There was no malfunction of the aircraft to contribute to the occurrence, but a hard landing collapsed the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65544
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 756629
- Airframe hours
- 3,275
- Engine
- Continental R-670-4, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Dunkel
- Registered owner
- William H. Dunkel
- Departed
- 4G3 · Alliance, OH
- Destination
- South Columbus, OH
- Airport
- 4G3 · Great Lakes Aeroport, runway 27, 2,925 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 946 total · 164 in this make and model · 849 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK
Other investigations on N65544 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.