- Date
- August 16, 1969
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8492YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3544 69/8/16 CHICAGO,ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1925 N8492Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 54, 1100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 216 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-OHARE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOGANSPORT,IND CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- VEHICLE DRIVER PREOCCUPIED WATCHING ANOTHER ACFT DID NOT SEE N8492Y IN TIME TO AVOID COLLISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8492Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Ohare
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