- Date
- September 10, 1992, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ottawa, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55410Boeing A-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920910039139A
- Case key
- 15543
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions, and his not maintaining directional control. Factors were the crosswind and wind gusts.
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 airplane landed on runway 23. The pilot lost directional control on roll out, and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The airplane entered a bean field where the left main landing gear impacted a rock, broke off, and the airplane nosed over. Local winds were not recorded; however, a reporting station 35 miles to the northeast was reporting winds of 280 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 25 knots, fifteen minutes after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55410
- Reported as
- Boeing A-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-178
- Airframe hours
- 3,231
- Engine
- Lycoming R680, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Manley, John A. III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 24, 1991 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- VPZ · Valparaiso, IN
- Airport
- C13 · Ottawa, runway 23, 3,125 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 341 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 35 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.