- Date
- December 16, 1978
- Place
- Waukegan, IL · WAUKEGAN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N20SFHawker TMK20
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781216044949A
- Case key
- 138155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4475 78/12/16 NR.WAUKEGAN,IL HAWKER TMK20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4757 TIME - 1100 N20SF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKEGAN MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUKEGAN,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT LIVED THRU CRASH,DIED POST CRASH FIRE,10 MIN RESPONSE.FOREIGN ENG,OPPOSITE TORQUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20SF
- Reported as
- Hawker TMK20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waukegan Memorial
N20SFRegistered now · Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20Airframe modelHawker SEA FURY TMK 20Engine modelFord CONVERSION
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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.
Other investigations on N20SF · 1
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