# NTSB CHI68F0608: Beech C-45H, N9943Z, Chicago, IL, February 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 23, 1968
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0608
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0608

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1019  68/2/23    CHICAGO,ILL         BEECH C-45H         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 5700
        TIME - 1945                    N9943Z              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT DID NOT ALLOW ADEQUATE SEPARATION BEHIND LNDG JET ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9943Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9943Z-1968-10-08), registration cancelled 1968-10-08, S/N 51-11651 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-45H
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Ohare

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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