- Date
- November 26, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N919PDouglas A-26B
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4791 68/11/26 CHICAGO,ILL DOUGLAS A-26B CR- 0 0 3 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1431 N919P PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 39, 6818 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1108 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT RAN INTO LAKE AND SANK. PLT CLAIMED BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N919P
- Reported as
- Douglas A-26B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meigs
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