# Accident 19750308004959A: Beech D18S, Chicago, IL, March 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1975
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N765D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N765D-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,039 total, 1,557 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750308004959A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH CARGO TUG AT INTERSECTION OF GROUND VEHICLE ACCESS ROAD AND TAXIWAY.

## 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 CHI75AC063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC063), Mar 8, 1975: Beech D18S (N765D), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N765D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970625015969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970625015969A), Jun 25, 1997: Beech D18S (N765D), Willow, AK, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed on takeoff. (From .4) the pilot took off from a 4400-foot-long gravel airstrip with a near gross weight load of cargo. He said that shortly…

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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