- Date
- May 16, 1982, 07:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Fabens, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55971Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516017469A
- Case key
- 70641
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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
Following a left turn on landing roll the pilot applied the brakes to correct for right drift. The braking action resulted in the aircraft nose over. Investigation revealed no mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55971
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-4561
- Airframe hours
- 5,015
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack R. Fox
- Registered owner
- Jack R. Fox
- Departed
- El Paso, TX
- Destination
- Fabens, TX
- Airport
- E35 · Fabens, runway 26, 3,760 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 896 total · 150 in this make and model · 843 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N55971 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.