- Date
- May 27, 1983, 17:27 local (22:27 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52470Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830527021469A
- Case key
- 12189
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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 plt had flown the acft to boone county arpt to get the acft's carburetor adjusted. After the adjustment, he took off to the south on a grass rwy beside the concrete rwy. While climbing thru about 300 to 400 ft AGL, the eng began running rough. The plt elected to turn & land on the arpt. On final apch, the acft crossed over a building area at a low alt. Also, on final apch, he saw 1 of 2 persons that were ahead, on the ground. The plt saw that he was on a collision course. He elected to push the control stick forward, bounce the acft off the concrete & over the person . However, the gear failed on impact & the acft skidded 236 ft across the ramp & into a grass area. Both persons on the ground were struck by the acft. The plt stated that he was using a mixture of automotive/aviation fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52470
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-4722
- Airframe hours
- 7,084
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-17, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Hawk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Destination
- 172 · Westfield, IN
- Airport
- 614 · Boone County
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,430 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,340 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.