# NTSB CHI81FA092: Hawker Sdly 748, N748LL, Chicago, IL, August 25, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1981
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 25 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125432
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FA092
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA092

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0014  81/8/25    CHICAGO,IL          HAWKER SDLY 748     CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1850                    N748LL              PX-  0  0 22                            39, 15200 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            6800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY
        OPERATOR - AIR ILLINOIS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICAGO,IL                  SPRINGFIELD,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- COLLIDED W TRAILER VAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N748LL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N748LL-1984-04-09), registration cancelled 1984-04-09, S/N 1716 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SDLY 748
- Registry model: [Hawker-Siddeley 748 SERIES 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-748-series-2) (registry code 4231001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Midway

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810825084459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825084459A), Aug 25, 1981: Braero HS7482A, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft wingtip struck ground vehicle during taxi for takeoff.

## Other investigations on N748LL (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA84AA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA002), Oct 12, 1983: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-2A (N748LL), Pinckneyville, IL, destroyed, 10 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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