# NTSB CHI65F0022: Beechraft AT11, N107RS, Wheeling, IL, January 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 9, 1965
- Place: Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65F0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0247   65/1/9    WHEELING ILL        BEECHRAFT AT11      CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1430                    N107RS              PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      TOTAL HOURS, 3600 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL WAUKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON AIRPORT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N107RS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107RS-1975-07-31), registration cancelled 1975-07-31, S/N 3290, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT AT11
- Registry model: [Beech AT-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-at-11) (registry code 1150202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pal Waukee

## Other investigations on N107RS (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 CHI65F0201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0201), May 19, 1965: Beechcraft AT-11 (N107RS), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

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.

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