- Date
- March 27, 1978
- Place
- Hudson, IL · HUDSON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4238Grumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780327006349A
- Case key
- 142744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0558 78/3/27 HUDSON,IL GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2243 TIME - 1500 N4238 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHERTZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUDSON,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI MAIN GEAR FELL INTO DITCH CAUSED BY MELTING SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4238
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schertz
N4238Registration cancelled Apr 7, 2006 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4238 · 1
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