# NTSB CHI75FCA04: Temco GC-1B, N78326, Cahokia, IL, January 23, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 23, 1975
- Place: Cahokia, IL · CAHOKIA, IL
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI75FCA04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FCA04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0411  75/1/23    CAHOKIA,IL          TEMCO GC-1B         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 215
        TIME - 1545                    N78326              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CAHOKIA,IL                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- FUEL TRUCK BACKED INTO ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N78326](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78326), registered now, S/N 2326, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEMCO GC-1B
- Registry model: [Temco GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b) (registry code 9230108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bi-State Parks

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750123001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750123001879A), Jan 23, 1975: Univac GC1B, Cahokia, IL, Substantial damage. Fuel truck backed into acft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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