Boeing B75 N61445

Summary

On 5 July 2020 at about 18:24 local time, a Boeing B75 registered N61445 was involved in an accident near Chino, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 July 2020 at 18:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Chino, California, United States

Nearest airport

Chino Airport (CNO)

Coordinates

33.9764, -117.6347

Aircraft

Boeing B75

Registration

N61445

Category

Airplane

Year built

1941

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chino → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR20LA226

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel equipped biplane reported that, during a landing roll on runway 26R, the left wing “dipped” and that he applied right aileron to counteract. The pilot stated that the airplane began to turn to the right and that, despite the application of full left rudder, left brake, and a brief application of power, he was unable to correct the movement. The lower left wing subsequently struck the ground. The airplane then veered sharply to the right, exited the runway, and the left main landing gear collapsed as the airplane came to rest upright. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage was structurally damaged. The left rudder/tailwheel cable idler arm was found fractured. Examination of the two pieces of fractured left rudder/tailwheel cable idler arm revealed that the fracture progressed though the section due to a monotonic bending load. It’s likely that the fracture occurred during the pilot’s attempt to counteract the airplane’s movement to the right when directional control was lost. The airport’s automated weather observation station reported that, about 4 minutes after the accident, the wind was calm. However, the pilot reported that while on short final to the runway, the air traffic control tower controller reported wind was from 270° at 4 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.