# NTSB CHI85LA324: Boeing E75, N5191N, Delavan, WI, July 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1985, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Coordinates: 42.620113, -88.630035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6201&lon=-88.6300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA324
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA324

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - aircraft service - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LNDG AFTER THE ENG QUIT.THE PLT SAID HE RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5191N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5191N), registered now, S/N 75-5521 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75 (E-75)
- 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: 75-5521
- Airframe hours: 8877
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: A.G. Aviation Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 28, 1985, 150 hours before
- Airport: Swan Airstrip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 22,177 total, 1,002 in this make and model, 21,758 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 20 nm away

## 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 19850730035119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850730035119A), Jul 30, 1985: Boeing E75, Delavan, WI, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel during return from spray operation. Flipped over in marshy field.

## Other investigations on N5191N (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 FTW73DPJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPJ10), Mar 6, 1973: Boeing E75 (N5191N), Hollis, OK, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW70D0145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70D0145), Aug 7, 1969: Boeing E75N1 (N5191N), Hollis, OK, substantial damage

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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