Amateur-built A75N1 accident near Turner, Washington, May 27, 1983
On May 27, 1983 at about 7:40 pm local time, a amateur-built A75N1, registered N56426, was substantially damaged in an accident near Turner, Washington. It was an aerial application (crop spraying) flight under agricultural flying rules (Part 137). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 27, 1983 · about 7:40 pm local time
- Place
- Turner, Washington · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built A75N1
- Registration
- N56426 · registry record · serial 75-2322
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application (crop spraying) flight · agricultural flying rules (Part 137)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ALMOST COMPLETED HIS SPRAYING, WHEN DURING A TURN-AROUND, THE ENGINE STARTED TO BACKFIRE. HE DUMPED THE REMAINING LOAD AND REDUCED POWER.THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED, AND DURING ROLL-OUT IN SOFT TERRAIN, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE #2 CYLINDER HAD SPLIT OPEN.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 10,000 hours in all; 3,000 in this make and model; 200 in the last 90 days; 50 in the last 30 days; 10,000 as pilot in command; 5,000 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rear
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 7,856 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, October 1, 1982; 64 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,717 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P&W 985 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 2WA9 Huntsville WA
- Destination: Turner WA
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 300° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 70°F (21°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N56426 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number SEA83LA110.