- Date
- March 16, 1973
- Place
- Kewanee, IL · KEWANEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1171XBeech C18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730316006349A
- Case key
- 112285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0497 73/3/16 KEWANEE,ILL BEECH C18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1255 N1171X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 32, 3490 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 380 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEWANEE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEWANEE,ILL COLUMBUS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RIGHT GR HIT MUD.LEFT GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1171X
- Reported as
- Beech C18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kewanee Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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