- Date
- December 11, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7697CBeech C-45G
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4380 68/12/11 CHICAGO,ILL BEECH C-45G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0015 N7697C PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 34, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1050 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 12000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 28 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT. LEFT X-WIND 12K. RT GR HIT CONCRETE BLOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7697C
- Reported as
- Beech C-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare
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