# Accident 19780808024159A: Beech TC45G, Chicago, IL, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare Int'L
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- 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: N79R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79R-1981-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,524 total, 528 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808024159A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA055), Aug 8, 1978: Beech D18S (N79R), Chicago, IL, destroyed

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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