# Accident 19750102020959A: Beech E18S, Rockford, IL, January 2, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1975
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7581, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7581-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,295 total, 383 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750102020959A

## Narrative

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

MAIL FLIGHT.ACFT ROLLED SHARP TO THE L BFR ALT LOSS.MDT RME ICE DRG DSCNT. MAIL FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI75AC048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC048), Jan 2, 1975: Beech E18S (N7581), Rockford, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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