Smith TERMIT N70LS
10 December 1974 · Loves Park, Illinois, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 December 1974 at about 15:20 local time, a Smith TERMIT registered N70LS was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Loves Park, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Loves Park, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- MacHesney
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Smith TERMIT
- Registration
- N70LS
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Loves Park, Ill → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3861
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
PLT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INSTRUCTION IN THE OPERATION OF THIS ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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