- Date
- June 17, 1989, 16:42 local (20:42 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43YPBoeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890617015929A
- Case key
- 14368
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Probable cause
The pilot allowed his attention to be devaited, misjudged altitude and distance to the runway while on final approach, and failed to maintain clearance above the power lines. Contributing factors were: the power lines and parked aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that while on final apch to a sod rwy at an uncontrolled arpt, his attention was focused on conflicting traffic & he inadvertently allowed the acft to descend too low. He stated that there were power lines short of the rwy which blended with the background. Subsequently, the acft's landing gear hit the power lines & dragged wires & debris from the utility poles. Before coming to rest, the acdnt acft struck 3 parked acft & the wires & debris damaged another acft & 5 vehicles. On the day of the acdnt, the arpt was congested due to an antique acft fly-in.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43YP
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6018
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Strable, Eugene
- Registered owner
- P.B.Reed/C.H.Murray/E.C.Strabl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 3SM
- Destination
- 3SM
- Airport
- 3SM · Shelbyville, runway 27, 2,670 × 190 ft, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 210 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 24 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.