# NTSB CHI68F0391: Piper J3C-65, N42978, Wheeling, IL, July 9, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 9, 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: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 19, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0391
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0391

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0764   67/7/9    WHEELING,ILL        PIPER J3C-65        CR-  1  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 18, 80 TOTAL
        TIME - 1404                    N42978              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT WAS TURNING TO BASE LEG FROM DOWNWIND LEG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42978](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42978-1967-12-12), registration cancelled 1967-12-12, S/N 15337 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pal-Waukee

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