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CHI73AC059

1972-12-21 · BLOOMINTON, Illinois, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N800G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVIII-G800, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH H18S · N800G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
BLOOMINGTON
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
330° / 9 kt
Temp
32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000BA-661
Total time
3,645 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,341
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OXIDE LEVEL 35 PCT FROM UNDET SOURCE.

Investigator remarks

KNOWN ICING COND.CIRCLING APCH TO LND.CARBON MON

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/65 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/69 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4089. Source file NTSB_1972_3_4089.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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