Boeing E75 N75675

Summary

On 7 September 2025 at about 22:04 local time, a Boeing E75 registered N75675 was involved in an accident near Benton, Kansas, 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

7 September 2025 at 22:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Benton, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Lloyd Stearman Fld (1K1)

Coordinates

37.7812, -97.1142

Aircraft

Boeing E75

Registration

N75675

Category

Airplane

Year built

1943

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gardner → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA370

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a moving vehicle during an evasive maneuver from a perceived conflict with another airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot of the other airplane’s non-standard phraseology and inaccurate position report.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was in the traffic pattern for the private airport and planning to land in the grass next to the paved runway. As the pilot made a turn to final approach, he heard another airplane report being “short final” for the same runway. The pilot and passenger attempted to make visual contact with the other airplane. Unable to make visual contact with the other airplane, the pilot elected to quickly land his airplane. The pilot conducted a forward slip during his descent, and the airplane’s main landing gear impacted an automobile that was being driven on the adjacent roadway near the approach end of the runway. The airplane landed hard in the grass and came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, upper right and left wings, and both wing struts. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The displaced threshold for the landing runway was located about 242 ft from the approach end of the runway. The roadway that crossed the extended runway centerline was located about 36 ft from the approach end of the runway pavement, about 278 ft from the displaced threshold. The (Obstacle) Departure Procedures for the airport list vehicles on road beginning 20 ft from the runway and left and right of centerline. According to the pilot, after the accident it was reported that the other airplane was about 5 miles from the airport when that pilot radioed he was on “short final” for the runway. The Aeronautical Information Manual states that inbound pilots should self-announce on UNICOM when they are 10 miles out, entering downwind, base, final, and when leaving the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.