# Accident 19810825084459A: Braero HS7482A, Chicago, IL, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AILA
- 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: N748LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N748LL-1984-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker-Siddeley 748 SERIES 2 (registry code 4231001, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-748-series-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRAERO HS7482A
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,200 total, 6,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825084459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WINGTIP STRUCK GROUND VEHICLE DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF.

## 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 CHI81FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA092), Aug 25, 1981: Hawker Sdly 748 (N748LL), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N748LL (3)

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

- [Accident 19831011076029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831011076029A), Oct 11, 1983: Braero HS7482A (N748LL), Pinckneyville, IL, Destroyed, 7 fatal. Left generator shaft failed, right generator mistakenly diabled. Depleted battery. Flew into ground on descent.
- [Incident 19820526029659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820526029659I), May 26, 1982: Hwksly HS7482A (N748LL), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a deer on takeoff. Pilot aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 19780929029009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929029009I), Sep 29, 1978: Hwksly HS7482A (N748LL), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. While taxiing wingtip came in contact with radome of parked 578R.

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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