- Date
- November 21, 1966
- Place
- Half Day, IL · HALF DAY, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9300CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0860 66/11/21 HALF DAY ILL CESSNA 180 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0740 N9300C PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 45, 4640 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGOLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 32 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 2 RUNWAY LIGHTS. VISIBILITY THROUGH FOGGED WINDSHIELD RESTRICTED TO 45 FEET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9300C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chicagoland
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