- Date
- August 23, 1970
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5420DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2162 70/8/23 WHEELING,ILL BEECH H35 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1158 N5420D PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 770 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5420D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
N5420DRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 1976 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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