- Date
- September 13, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N12VTBeech 18T
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780913043539A
- Case key
- 138919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4350 78/9/13 CHICAGO,IL BEECH 18T CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0440 N12VT PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 33, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12VT
- Reported as
- Beech 18T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12VT · 1
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