- Date
- February 16, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2625Swearingen SA226
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0026 78/2/16 CHICAGO,IL SWEARINGEN SA226 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1924 N2625 PX- 0 0 11 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 11163 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 3431 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL ELKHART,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE AIRPORT CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2625
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- O'Hare Intl