- Date
- April 24, 1978
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N600BPN American NA265
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780424030059A
- Case key
- 141569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3709 78/4/24 WEST CHICAGO,IL N AMERICAN NA265 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 7145 TIME - 1756 N600BP PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 305 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DU PAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO WEST CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600BP
- Reported as
- N American NA265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Du Page County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.