- Date
- September 23, 1977
- Place
- Pontiac, IL · PONTIAC, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N23796Beech C90
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770923041049A
- Case key
- 144244
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4237 77/9/23 PONTIAC,IL BEECH C90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3000 TIME - 1409 N23796 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOLINE,IL HOT SPRINGS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- RUDDER,HORIZONTAL STABS,ELEVATORS,OUTBOARD SECTION OF L WING SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23796
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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