# NTSB CHI67F0113: N.American F-51D, N2112, Wheeling, IL, March 20, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1966
- 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: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67F0113
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0113

## NTSB brief (aircraft 2)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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.
```

## NTSB brief (aircraft 1)

```
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 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 1

- Registration: N2112 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: N.AMERICAN F-51D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chicagoland

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N2967C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2967C-1970-12-29), registration cancelled 1970-12-29, S/N 18-959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Chicagoland

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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