- Date
- March 17, 1968
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2205YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0834 68/3/17 WHEELING,ILL CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0845 N2205Y PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 22, 744 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED ON T/O.INSTR ABORTED,THEN OPENED THROTTLE,AND FINALLY ABORTED AGAIN.HEAVILY LOADED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2205Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
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