- Date
- July 10, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75849Boeing B75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830710033359A
- Case key
- 12251
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a ditch during landing roll and nosed down. The weather was VMC with the wind from 020 degrees AT6 KTS. The plt landed on rwy 24. About 1500 ft from the threshold the acft veered off the rwy and hit the ditch. The pltattributed the loss of control to the 6 kt right quartering tailwind. The plt reported that he requested landing on rwy 2 but was advised by the tower that the active rwy was 20. On final approach he was given the option of rwy 20 or 24 andhe chose rwy 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75849
- Reported as
- Boeing B75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-8541
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R.G. Meyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1982 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- LUK · Lunken, runway 24, 5,139 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,826 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,463 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.