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NTSB accident investigation · Boeing E75 · Newberg, OR · May 13, 1995

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
May 13, 1995, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
Place
Newberg, OR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1067NBoeing E75
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report September 24, 1995
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19950513047419A
Case key
42151

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Probable cause

The pilot's improper use of the aircraft brakes. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision not to perform a go-around, which resulted in failure to attain the desired touchdown point on landing.

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.

Nose overLanding - roll
Go-around - not performedPilot in commandFactor
Proper touchdown point - not attainedPilot in commandFactor
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The pilot said that she flew an incorrect approach but decided to continue the approach to landing rather than perform a go-around. She landed long, then became concerned about her ability to stop the airplane in the remaining runway. In her attempt to stop the airplane, she applied excessive braking, causing the tailwheel- equipped airplane to nose over onto its back.

Factual narrative

On May 13, 1995, approximately 1300 PDT, a Boeing Model E75, N1067N, received substantial damage in a nose-over landing accident at the pilot's private airstrip 6 miles northwest of Newberg, OR. The private pilot, who also owned the airplane and was its sole occupant, was not injured in the accident. The flight, operating under 14 CFR 91, originated at Evergreen Airport, Vancouver, WA. Visual meterological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed.

The pilot stated to the FAA inspector assigned to the accident that she was conducting an approach and landing to the west at her airstrip, described as a 2100 foot by 75 foot east-west turf runway. According to the FAA accident investigation record (FAA Form 8020-16), she "landed long, and upon noting remaining [runway] length, applied braking to cause inversion of [the aircraft]." The FAA inspector further noted: "PIC readily proffers and is acutely aware of the cause of this accident, i.e. her quote of....'my failure to abandon the approach and go around.'"

The pilot did not return NTSB Form 6120.1/2, Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, to the NTSB investigator.

Aircraft

Registration
N1067N
Reported as
Boeing E75
Category
Airplane
Serial number
75-5313
Engine
Lycoming R-680, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Dalton, Sandra L.
Registered owner
Dalton, Sandra L.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
59S · Evergreen, WA
Destination
OR
Airport
runway 27, 2,100 × 75 ft, grass/turf

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
33
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Rear
Flight hours
300 total

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
20° at 10 knots
Visibility
50 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
66 °F, dew point 45 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
HIO, 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.

Other investigations on N1067N · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.