# Accident 19780604017759A: Boeing N2S3, Oak Brook, IL, June 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1978
- Place: Oak Brook, IL
- Airport: Oak Brook Rla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.8364° N, 87.9532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oak Brook, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8364&lon=-87.9532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64993 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING N2S3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 227 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEE42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604017759A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK INCLINE AT FDGE OF RWY.

## 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 CHI78FEE42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE42), Jun 4, 1978: Stearman B75N1 (N64993), Oak Brook, IL, 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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