- Date
- February 23, 1976
- Place
- Tinley Park, IL · TINLEY PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61740Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760223009089A
- Case key
- 149832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0633 76/2/23 TINLEY PARK,IL CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 313 TIME - 1555 N61740 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- SEVERE CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS.ACFT OBSVD IN A SUSTAINED VERT DIVE TO IMPACT WITH TREE & HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61740
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.