- Date
- December 8, 1980
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18SMCessna 414
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801208078019A
- Case key
- 127922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3325 80/12/8 WHEELING,IL CESSNA 414 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N18SM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 65, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WHEELING,IL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- RAN INTO FLOCK OF SEAGULLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palwaukee
N18SMRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Cessna 414Airframe modelCessna 414Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N18SM · 1
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