# Accident 19761207041419A: Cessna 320D, Wheeling, IL, December 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1976
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234M-2008-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,244 total, 104 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761207041419A

## Narrative

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

N7486Q(CESSNA 182P) & N7898D(PIPER PA22) BOTH RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI77FEE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEE07), Dec 7, 1976: Cessna 320 (N234M), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N234M (1)

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

- [Accident 19780205042279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780205042279A), Feb 5, 1978: Cessna 320D (N234M), AK, Destroyed, 5 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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