- Date
- January 27, 1979
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N521GPBeech E18-S
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790127005709A
- Case key
- 137465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0522 79/1/27 SPRINGFIELD,IL BEECH E18-S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N521GP PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 30, 3100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,IL GENESEO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521GP
- Reported as
- Beech E18-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital
N521GPRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Beech E18S-9700Airframe modelBeech E18S-9700Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.