- Date
- August 7, 1985, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3994BBoeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850807036969A
- Case key
- 34004
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Beech baron departed just prior to N3994B. N3994B was heavily loaded and encountered turblence after lifting off. The acft drifted to the rt until it was over a corn field about 100 ft to the rt of the rwy. The plt tried to correct back to the rwy but the acft settled to the ground, hit a furrow and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3994B
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5440
- Engine
- P&W WASP JR., 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ray Aerial Spray, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1985 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- FFL · Fairfield, runway 35, 4,000 × 75 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,898 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 218 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTM, 21 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.
Other investigations on N3994B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.