- Date
- October 9, 1987, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1754MBoeing A-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871009059659A
- Case key
- 34512
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
While practicing stop and go ldgs, plt lost control during rollout. Acft swerved and entered an inadvertent ground loop. The right main landing gear failed and the right lower wing contacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1754M
- Reported as
- Boeing A-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5705
- Airframe hours
- 1,886
- Engine
- Lycoming A-680-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bernard F. Groceman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1986
- Airport
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, runway 7, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
N1754MRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2022 · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelLycoming R680-4P-B4
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,645 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 10 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.