- Date
- March 25, 1969
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3207QCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0499 69/3/25 CHICAGO,ILL CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1621 N3207Q PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 39, 3750 TOTAL HOURS, 510 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 33 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOOK OFF WITH PATCHES OF SNOW ON WINGS. WOULD NOT CLIMB,PLT ABORTED T/O. HIT FENCE. NEAR GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3207Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meigs
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