- Date
- May 23, 1978
- Place
- Dekalb, IL · DEKALB, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8087Beech G-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780523022989A
- Case key
- 142089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2120 78/5/23 NR.DEKALB,IL BEECH G-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2854 TIME - 1800 N8087 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1775 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEKALB,IL ROCKFORD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PILOT STATED INTER PWR LOSS.NO PRE-ACC MALF FOUND BY MAINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8087
- Reported as
- Beech G-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb Municipal
FAA reports on this event · 1
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