Boeing A75 N555

Summary

On 26 May 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Boeing A75 registered N555 was involved in an accident near Tea, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1985 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tea, South Dakota, United States

Coordinates

43.4397, -96.8306

Aircraft

Boeing A75

Registration

N555

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85FTK01

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE OWNER/PLT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) TOOK OFF ON A LOCAL FLT WITH ANOTHER OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT WAS A COMMERCIAL, SINGLE-ENG, MULTI-ENG PLT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR RATING, BUT HE HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN A75 ACFT. WHILE IN FLT, THE PIC ALLOWED THE FRONT SEAT PLT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE ACFT. AS THE FRONT SEAT PLT ENTERED A TURN AT LOW ALT NEAR THE ARPT, THE PIC ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED IN THE TURN. AT THAT TIME, THE FRONT SEAT PLT THOUGHT THE PIC HAD TAKEN CONTROL OF THE ACFT; HE THOUGHT THEY WERE RETURNING BACK TO THE ARPT. THE ACFT CONTINUED TURNING & ENTERED A DESCENT. THE PIC THOUGHT THE FRONT SEAT PLT WAS STILL CONTROLLING THE ACFT & WAS GOING TO MAKE A LOW PASS. SINCE THE FRONT SEAT PLT WAS AN INSTRUCTOR WITH OVER 1000 HRS OF FLT TIME, THE PIC DID NOT QUESTION THE MANEUVER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE STILL IN A STEEP DESCENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.