# NTSB CHI68D0057: Aero Comdr 560-E, N701W, Wheeling, IL, May 31, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 31, 1967
- 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68D0057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68D0057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0439  67/5/31    WHEELING,ILL        AERO COMDR 560-E    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2000                    N701W               PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 23, 720 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - OPERATED CARELESSLY
        REMARKS- CO-PILOT DEPLANED AND REACHED FORWARD TO HIT ACFT SIDE TO LET PLT KNOW HE WAS OUT.HAND STRUCK PROP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N701W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N701W-1974-03-01), registration cancelled 1974-03-01, S/N 562 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 560-E
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-E](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-e) (registry code 0141406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Palwaukee

## Other investigations on N701W (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW74AF049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF049), Jan 2, 1974: Aero Comdr 560-E (N701W), Kerrville, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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