- Date
- October 21, 1971
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 16 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51CSBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0380 71/10/21 PEORIA,ILL BEECH E18S CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 16119 TIME - 1120 N51CS PX- 14 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PEORIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL PEORIA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51CS
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Peoria
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