# NTSB CHI83LA421: Boeing B75N1, N62438, Galesburg, IL, September 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Coordinates: 40.950199, -90.369476 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3695&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): 12339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA421
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA421

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS LANDING ON RWY 20 WITH A X-WIND, IT SWITCHED TO A REAR QUARTERING WIND. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY & STRUCK A RWY MARKER WITH ITS TAILWHEEL. THE ACFT THEN GROUND LOOPED, DAMAGING THE LOWER LEFT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62438](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62438-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 75-6757, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (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: 75-7567
- Engines: P&W R-985 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William D. Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 30, 1983
- Departed: VPZ, VALPARISO, IN
- Airport: GBG, Galesburg, runway 20, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830907048059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830907048059A), Sep 7, 1983: Boeing B75N1, Galesburg, IL, Substantial damage. Airplane struck a runway marker with its tailwheel and ground looped during a crosswind landing.

## Other investigations on N62438 (2)

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.

- [NTSB ERA18LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA086), Feb 23, 2018: Stearman B75 (N62438), Zephryhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power and impact with a pole during a forced landing.
- [NTSB CHI90LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA256), Sep 5, 1990: Boeing B75N1 (N62438), Marseilles, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL OUTLOOK TO AVOID COLLISION WITH A WIRE WHILE CONDUCTING INTENTIONAL LOW LEVEL FLIGHT.

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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