# Accident 19731227040489A: Beech E18S, Chicago, IL, December 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1973
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5612D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,980 total, 1,151 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731227040489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PATCHES OF SNOW & ICE ON RWY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74AC053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC053), Dec 27, 1973: Beech E18S (N5612D), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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