- Date
- March 18, 1963
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N143DDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191989
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 63/3/18 PEORIA,ILL DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2338 N143D PX- 0 0 12 40, 7955 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5079 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR PEORIA OPERATOR - OZARK AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN. ACFT CONTINUED FLT,LANDED AT OHARE FLD. DAMAGED LEFT WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Peoria
N143DRegistered now · Douglas DC3A-S4C4GAirframe modelDouglas DC3A-S4C4GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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