# Accident 19750804025899A: Beech A23, Maquon, IL, August 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1975
- Place: Maquon, IL
- Airport: Alfalfa Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.7980° N, 90.1632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maquon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7980&lon=-90.1632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8878M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8878M-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 83 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEV08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750804025899A

## Narrative

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

POWER LINES.

## 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 CHI76FEV08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV08), Aug 4, 1975: Beech A23 (N8878M), Maquon, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8878M (1)

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

- [Accident 19820715032129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820715032129A), Jul 15, 1982: Beech 23BEECH (N8878M), Oakes, ND, Substantial damage. Aircraft touched down short of runway during night landing causing 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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