- Date
- June 20, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N555Boeing A75L300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820620028969A
- Case key
- 72875
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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
The pilot reported that during a wheel landing, the aircraft began to veer to the right and all efforts to straighten it with rudder failed. As the plane went off the runway. The left wing dropped, striking the runway, and the lower left wing spar broke. The pilot stated this was a result of the left main tire going flat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555
- Reported as
- Boeing A75L300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 751456
- Airframe hours
- 5,137
- Engine
- Continental R-670-A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tulsa Piper, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tulsa Piper, Inc.
- Departed
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- RVS · Jones-Riverside, runway 18, 4,000 × 0 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,688 total · 115 in this make and model · 4,538 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- 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 N555 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.