- Date
- July 22, 1984, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Huntley, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55070Boeing A75N1N176VRVultee BT-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19840722061641A19840722119342A
- Case key
- 12705
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plts of a Boeing A75, N55070, & a vultee BT-13, N176VR, where in formation as they apchd their destination. When the saw the arpt, they separated for separate landings & lost sight of each other. Before landing, both plts flew over the arpt & noted the wind was nearly a 90 deg x-wind. There was no UNICOM at the pvt strip. The BT-13 plt made radio calls in the pattern on 122.9, but the radio in the A75 was inop. Subsequently, the plts landed in opposite directions. The BT-13 plt landed on rwy 13. He saw the A75 in a left pattern for rwy 31, but at 1st, he thought the A75 plt was going to make a low pass. When the A75 continued & dropped below his line of vision, he realized it was going to land. He turned right to depart the rwy, but the left wing of each acft hit the other. The A75 plt said that because he was landing toward the sun & was looking at the wind sock, he did not see the BT-13 until aprx 1 second before the impact. The segmented circle on the arpt indicated that a right pattern should be used for rwy 31.
The plts of a Boeing A75, N55070, & a vultee BT-13, N176VR, where in formation as they apchd their destination. When the saw the arpt, they separated for separate landings & lost sight of each other. Before landing, both flts flew over the arpt & noted the wind was nearly a 90 deg x-wind. There ws no UNICOM at the pvt strip. The BT-13 plt made radio calls in the pattern on 122.9, but the radio in the A75 was inop. Subsequently, the plts landed in opposite directions. The BT-13 plt landed on rwy 13. He saw the A75 in a left pattern for rwy 31, but at 1st, he thought the A75 plt was going to make a low pass. When the A75 continued & dropped below his line of vision. He realized it was going to land. He turned right to depart the rwy, but the left wing of each acft hit the other. The A75 plt said that because he was landing toward the sun & was looking at the wind sock, he did not see the BT-13 until aprx 1 second before the impact. The segmented circle on the arpt indicated that a right pattern should be used for rwy 31.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N55070
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-1486
- Airframe hours
- 5,374
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-E3B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Forys
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 10, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 0C0 · Harvard, IL
- Airport
- C49 · Landings, runway 31, 3,150 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Registration
- N176VR
- Reported as
- Vultee BT-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7174
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Philip Van Reeth, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 0C0 · Harvard, IL
- Airport
- C49 · Landings, runway 13, 3,150 × 50 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N55070
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,805 total · 272 in this make and model · 1,785 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N176VR
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,210 total · 415 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.