- Date
- September 3, 1980
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4700EAero Comdr 680FL
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128622
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2881 80/9/3 CHICAGO,IL AERO COMDR 680FL CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0453 N4700E PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 2079 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO MIDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,IL BLOOMINGTON,IL PEORIA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO 5 EXHAUST VLV SEAT IN L ENG CAME OUT OF RECESS.WITNESS OBSD ACFT IN TIGHT TURN BACK TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4700E
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chicago Midway
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.