- Date
- June 6, 1981
- Place
- Rockton, IL · ROCKTON, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5159MBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810606034289A
- Case key
- 125472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1160 81/6/6 ROCKTON,IL BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 305 TIME - 1220 N5159M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAGON WHEEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKTON,IL MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5159M
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wagon Wheel
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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.