- Date
- September 18, 1973
- Place
- Streator, IL · STREATOR, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3325VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730918030709A
- Case key
- 188540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2896 73/9/18 STREATOR,ILL BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0510 N3325V PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 1712 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 139 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STREATOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STREATOR,ILL LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- AFTR TKOF LOST SIGHT OF HORIZON LOOKED INSIDE ACFT TO CHECK INST LOOKED BACK OUT HEADED FOR TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3325V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Streator
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.