Beechcraft G18S N5724M
7 March 1971 · Wheeling, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 March 1971 at about 18:36 local time, a Beechcraft G18S registered N5724M, operated by Gust K Newberg, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:36
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wheeling, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pal-Waukee
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft G18S
- Registration
- N5724M
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Gust K Newberg
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Route
- Houghton, Mich → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0809
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
L GR BROKE THRU ICE COVERING SOFT GROUND JUST OFF EDGE OF TWY.PX AT CTLS.PLT DOING PAPERWORK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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