- Date
- January 22, 1984, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N173SBeech B-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12533
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - snowbank
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Main gear collapsed
Analysis
The acft hit a snow bank during an approach for landing. The plt added power and made a go-around. The CFI took control of the acft and made the final landing when the main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N173S
- Reported as
- Beech B-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-788
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Scobell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Airport
- 3CK · Lake In The Hills, runway 26, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 766 total · 2 in this make and model · 652 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 22 nm away