- Date
- March 20, 1966
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2112N.American F-51DN2967CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0308 66/3/20 WHEELING ILL PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N2967C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 38, 760 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGOLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- AS N2112 WAS COMPLETING PRE TAKEOFF RUNUP ON ENDOF RUNWAY,N2967C TAXIED OUT AND BEGAN TAKEOFF RUN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0308 66/3/20 WHEELING ILL N.AMERICAN F-51D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1500 TIME - 1515 N2112 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGOLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT OF N2112 FAILED TO SEE N2967C TAXI ONTO RUNWAY AND BEGIN TAKEOFF RUN AHEAD OF HIM.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2112
- Reported as
- N.American F-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicagoland
- Registration
- N2967C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chicagoland
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