- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Place
- Oak Brook, IL · OAK BROOK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N64993Stearman B75N1
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780604017759A
- Case key
- 140483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4280 78/6/4 OAK BROOK,IL STEARMAN B75N1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1080 TIME - 0640 N64993 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 227 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK BROOK RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BROOK,IL DEKALB,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STRUCK INCLINE AT FDGE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64993
- Reported as
- Stearman B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oak Brook Rla
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.