- Date
- December 27, 1973
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5612DBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731227040489A
- Case key
- 187566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3705 73/12/27 CHICAGO,ILL BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0608 N5612D PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 3980 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1151 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-MIDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PATCHES OF SNOW & ICE ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5612D
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Midway
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.