- Date
- May 29, 2026, 11:53 local (15:53 UTC)
- Place
- Dresden, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N181RFBoeing E75
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- Case key
- 203091
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 29, 2026, about 1153 eastern daylight time, a Boeing E75, N181RF, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Dresden, Ohio. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness, who lived near the accident site with her husband, reported that she was standing in her yard and observed the accident airplane fly over her residence in a north direction. She then heard a loud “pop,” and the engine noise ceased. The airplane subsequently impacted a hay field at her neighbor’s residence across the street. Her husband ran to the wreckage to render assistance to the occupants. Initial examination of the wreckage by an FAA inspector revealed that it came to rest upright in the field, and both the upper and lower right wings sustained substantial damage. The wreckage was retained for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N181RF
- Reported as
- Boeing E75 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5553
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- I40, 13 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KI40 291355Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3015
Other investigations on N181RF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.