# NTSB CHI83LA302: Boeing B75, N75849, Cincinnati, OH, July 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Coordinates: 39.110397, -84.499259 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1104&lon=-84.4993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12251/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA302

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75849), registered now, S/N 75-8541, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75
- Registry model: [Boeing E75](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (registry code 1380120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-8541
- Airframe hours: 100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830710033359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830710033359A), Jul 10, 1983: Boeing B75, Cincinnati, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot lost direction control during landing. Aircraft struck drainage ditch and nosed up.

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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