- Date
- July 25, 1989, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68491Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890725025259A
- Case key
- 26124
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Probable cause
The pilot losing directional control after a hard landing, which resulted in a nose over.
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 of a stearman A75 made a hard landing, on runway 26, lost directional control and the aircraft flipped over. The runway was 3856 feet long and 150 feet wide. The wind was from 240 degrees at 5 to 7 knots. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the aircraft prior to the accident and none were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68491
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1 (A75-N1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6618
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hartley Folstat
- Registered owner
- Stearman Restorations, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 26, 3,856 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 696 total · 66 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 1 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.