- Date
- November 17, 1966
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N339Lockheed L-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0914 66/11/17 CHICAGO ILL LOCKHEED L-18 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1652 N339 PX- 0 0 6 CORP/EXEC 41, 12811 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2365 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- FALSE ENG FIRE WARNING BELOW V1.RUNWAY SLICK ANDTOO SHORT FOR STOPPING.ACFT SLID INTO LAKE MICH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N339
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meigs
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.