- Date
- March 14, 1967
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21UBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0801 67/3/14 CHICAGO,ILL BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1657 N21U PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 50, 18900 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL RETRACT CHAIN AND CABLE LOOSE,PREVENTED NORMAL EMER EXTENSION OF MAIN GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21U
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare
N21URegistration cancelled Jul 11, 2013 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.