# NTSB CHI87DEX07: Boeing E75, N550LR, Mccordsville, IN, June 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1987, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Mccordsville, IN
- Coordinates: 39.900619, -85.929336 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9006&lon=-85.9293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEX07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13611/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEX07

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - blocked(total) (cause)
  - maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING INITIAL CLIMB THE ENGINE SUSTAINED A TOTAL POWER FAILURE AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A 20 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FLEX DUCT BETWEEN THE LOWER COWLING AIR INTAKE AND THE BENDIX FUEL INJECTOR WAS SUCKED INTO THE THROTTLE BODY. NO SUPPORT WIRE WAS FOUND INSIDE THE DUCT. MAINTENANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS DUCT JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N550LR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550LR), registered now, S/N 42-17594 (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: 42-17594
- Airframe hours: 45
- Engines: P&W R985-AN3 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sky Ads Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 20, 1987, 4 hours before
- Departed: I21, BROOKSIDE, IN
- Destination: I21
- Airport: I21, Brookside

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 4,251 total, 50 in this make and model, 4,087 as pilot in command, 222 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 19 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 19870619020959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870619020959A), Jun 19, 1987: Boeing E75, Indianapolis, IN, Destroyed. The engine failed on takeoff and the aircraft stall landed. The flex duct to the carburetor intake had collapsed.

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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