- Date
- May 31, 1976
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N174YCBeech G-18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760531024949A
- Case key
- 154302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1950 76/5/31 WEST CHICAGO,IL. BEECH G-18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2217 N174YC PX- 6 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 920 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INT.FALLS,MN. WEST CHICAGO,IL. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: APPROACH LIGHTING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CIRCLING TO LAND,WX BELOW CIRCLING MINIMUMS.TWR CLOSED,RAIL/REIL TURNED OFF DRG SECOND APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N174YC
- Reported as
- Beech G-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- 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.