- Date
- January 3, 1978
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1575QCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780103001129A
- Case key
- 143764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0267 78/1/3 WHEELING,IL CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 74 TOTAL TIME - 2045 N1575Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,IL WHEELING,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1575Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- 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.