- Date
- September 7, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Galesburg, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N620BDBoeing PT-13D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830907049659A
- Case key
- 12338
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the left main tire blew out & the plt lost directional control. Subsequently, the acft ground looped & the left wing & aileron were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N620BD
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-13D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5620
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Lycoming R680, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Dekker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K48 · Chillicothe, MO
- Airport
- GBG · Galesburg Municipal, runway 20, snow
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 282 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GBG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N620BD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.