# Accident 19760531024949A: Beech G18S, West Chicago, IL, May 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1976
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N174YC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N174YC-1976-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 43 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531024949A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TO LAND,WX BELOW CIRCLING MINIMUMS.

## 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 CHI76AC065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC065), May 31, 1976: Beech G-18S (N174YC), West Chicago, IL, destroyed, 7 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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