# NTSB FTW82FPM13: Boeing A75, N69CB, Tulsa, OK, July 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1982, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72876
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FPM13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72876/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPM13

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

A WITNESS LOCATED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. IN A NOSE HIGH ATITUDE THE LEFT WING WAS OBSERVED TO DROP AND A STALL OCCURRED. THE PILOT HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69CB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69CB), registered now, S/N 75-5302, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental R670-SERIES series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (registry code 17016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-5302
- Airframe hours: 2144
- Engines: CONTINENTAL R-670 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aldan Miller
- Registered owner: Aldan Miller
- Departed: TULSA, OK
- Destination: TULSA, OK
- Airport: Saudride

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 12,411 total, 140 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820707026069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820707026069A), Jul 7, 1982: Boeing A75N1, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. According to witness, airplane stalled on takeoff climb when engine quit. Supplement due on engine inspection.

## Other investigations on N69CB (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC70A0040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70A0040), Oct 4, 1969: Boeing E75N1 (N69CB), Nedrow, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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