- Date
- December 22, 1973
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3450LCessna TU206B
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731222039769A
- Case key
- 187653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3574 73/12/22 WEST CHICAGO,ILL CESSNA TU206B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 76 TOTAL TIME - 0845 N3450L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NEBR WEST CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXT LEANED DRG FLT AT 9500FT DSCNDD TO 1900FT MSL ENG DID NOT RESPOND-MIXT FOUND 1/2 BACK PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3450L
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dupage County
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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.