- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79RBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780808024159A
- Case key
- 139911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1828 78/8/8 CHICAGO,IL BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1957 N79R PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 28, 2524 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 529 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INT'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JANESVILLE,WI CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79R
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- O'Hare Int'L
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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.