- Date
- November 13, 1988, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2158PStearman B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881113053279A
- Case key
- 34722
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt was uneventful until the landing at the saline county arpt, Benton, ark. The PIC stated he applied too much brake and applied it prematurely during the landing roll and the acft nosed over to the inverted posn. The resultant impact crushed the vertical stabilizer and rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2158P
- Reported as
- Stearman B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6861
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerial Ads Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 1M1 · North Ltl Rock, AR
- Airport
- M99 · Benton/Saline Co., runway 18, 4,090 × 50 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 5 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 22 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 N2158P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.