- Date
- March 18, 1971
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9858ZBeech TC-45H
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4234 71/3/18 CHICAGO,ILL BEECH TC-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0904 N9858Z PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 25, 2350 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 285 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL WINONA,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O BLO MIN WEA.ACFT COVERED WITH SNOW,352 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT,6 INCHES AFT CG LIMITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9858Z
- Reported as
- Beech TC-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare Intl
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