- Date
- June 17, 1990, 14:38 local (19:38 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59448Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900617022949A
- Case key
- 14692
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his not maintaining proper directional control on landing.
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 observed winds were 210 degrees at 16 knots with gusts to 24 knots. The conventional geared aircraft was landed on runway 27. Directional control was lost on roll-out, and the aircraft ground looped to the left and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59448
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2115
- Airframe hours
- 527
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hansen, Richard W.
- Registered owner
- Hansen, Richard W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1989 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- OC8 · Newark, IL
- Airport
- ARR · Aurora Minicipal, runway 27, 5,099 × 100 ft, macadam
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,939 total · 446 in this make and model · 3,623 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N59448 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.