- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Monticello, IL · MONTICELLO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5842SBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0436 66/5/24 MONTICELLO ILL BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1140 N5842S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 39, 1088 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 73 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLERTON PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- T/O MADE IN 2 FT HIGH GRASS ON A PARTIAL UPSLOPE LOCATED IMMEDIATLY ADJACENT TO THE SUITABLE RUNWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5842S
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Allerton Park
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