# Accident 19780913043539A: Beech 3NM, Chicago, IL, September 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1978
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N12VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12VT-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 3NM (registry code 1151044, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-3nm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 3NM
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780913043539A

## 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 CHI78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA067), Sep 13, 1978: Beech 18T (N12VT), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N12VT (2)

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

- [Accident 19790224021231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790224021231A), Feb 24, 1979: Beech 3NM (N12VT), Memphis, TN, Destroyed. Pilot was cleared to ramp via crossing rwy 9. Acft lndg roll on 9 hit wing of taxiing acft. Fact: ATC & pilot error
- [Incident 19780301013709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780301013709I), Mar 1, 1978: Beech 3NM (N12VT), Allentown, PA. Crew made an unscheduled landing due to an increasingly strong odor. Was overflow of razberry extract. Hazardous.

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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