- Date
- March 25, 1970
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N242UBeech 65-A80
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2492 70/3/25 WHEELING,ILL BEECH 65-A80 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 6115 TIME - 1940 N242U PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 263 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,ILL NEW CASTLE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - SNOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CREW PARTIALLY REMOVED SNOW BEFORE TAXI. 13 MIN TIME SPAN BETWEEN TAXI OUT AND T/O,IN SNOW COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242U
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palwaukee
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