41.9282° N, 88.7476° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 23, 1978 · 12:15 local
Place
Dekalb, IL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5744L
Reported as
Gulstm AA1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
819 total106 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot lost directional control after touchdown on an icy runway, with a 13 knot crosswind component.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON AN ICY RUNWAY, WITH A 13 KNOT CROSSWIND COMPONENT.