- Date
- September 16, 1978
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9437UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780916033869A
- Case key
- 139369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3596 78/9/16 WHEELING,IL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N9437U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH PARKED VAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9437U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
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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.