- Date
- September 23, 1979
- Place
- Champaign, IL · CHAMPAIGN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49999Boeing A-75
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790923027679A
- Case key
- 133504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2584 79/9/23 CHAMPAIGN,IL BOEING A-75 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 357 TIME - UNK/NR N49999 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLARD U OF IL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMPAIGN,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- UNIVERSITY OWNED AIRCRAFT.PLT STATED-ENTERED GND LOOP AS FEET WERE REPOSITIONED ON RUDDER PEDALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49999
- Reported as
- Boeing A-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willard U Of Il
N49999Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 series
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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.