- Date
- December 8, 1968
- Place
- Sandwich, IL · SANDWICH, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3983 68/12/8 SANDWICH,ILL FAIRCHILD 24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 180 TIME - 1500 N81330 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDWICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3983 68/12/8 SANDWICH,ILL CESSNA 150E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 234 TIME - 1500 N3984U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDWICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- CESSNA N3984U LANDED ON TOP OF FAIRCHILD N81330.UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3984U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sandwich
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N81330
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sandwich
N81330Registered now · Fairchild 24R-46Airframe modelFairchild 24R-46Engine modelFairchild 6-440 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3984U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.