- Date
- March 7, 1971
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5724MBeech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0809 71/3/7 WHEELING,ILL BEECH G18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2817 TIME - 1836 N5724M PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUGHTON,MICH WHEELING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L GR BROKE THRU ICE COVERING SOFT GROUND JUST OFF EDGE OF TWY.PX AT CTLS.PLT DOING PAPERWORK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5724M
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
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