- Date
- July 12, 1979
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N306ZBeech 35-33
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790712040839A
- Case key
- 202526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3622 79/7/12 WHEELING,IL BEECH 35-33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 600 TIME - 1156 N306Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY WHEELING,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES OBSD ACFT ENTER STEEP DESCENT AFTER PLT WAS INSTRD TO CHG LNDG FM RWY 16 TO TWY 12.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N306Z
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palwaukee
FAA reports on this event · 1
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