# Incident 19840519038999I: Beech C24R, West Chicago, IL, May 19, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1984, 13:57 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8953° N, 88.2205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chicago, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8953&lon=-88.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24023, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24023-1985-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 335 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840519038999I

## Narrative

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

ENINE QUIT ON BASE LEG. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND FUEL CONTAMINATED WITH WATER. FUEL CAPS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.

## Other reports on N24023 (3)

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

- [Incident 19830612038539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612038539I), Jun 12, 1983: Beech C24R (N24023), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed following rollout. Found nose gear micro switch had malfunctioned.
- [Incident 19790402012299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790402012299I), Apr 2, 1979: Beech C24R (N24023), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Instrument instructor and student encountered unforecast icing on local training flight.
- [Accident 19781004040119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781004040119A), Oct 4, 1978: Beech A2319 (N24023), Sugar Grove, IL, Substantial damage. Fuel selector on left tank. Left tank empty. Right tank undeterminmount of fuel.

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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