# NTSB CHI89LA111: Boeing E75, N43YP, Shelbyville, IN, June 17, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1989, 16:42 local (20:42 UTC)
- Place: Shelbyville, IN
- Coordinates: 39.519481, -85.770393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5195&lon=-85.7704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA111

## 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

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - congested (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43YP), registered now, S/N 75-6018, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- Registry model: [Boeing E75](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (registry code 1380120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-6018
- Airframe hours: 500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890617015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890617015929A), Jun 17, 1989: Boeing E75, Shelbyville, IN, Substantial damage. Struck wires on short final and hit parked aircraft on ground impact. Debris damaged parked vehicles.

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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