41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 20, 1983 · 14:18 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4M
Reported as
Rkwell NA26565
Reported engine
AiResearch TFE7313
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total5,500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed short when he experienced a whiteout condition which resulted in a loss of depth perception.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED SHORT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A WHITEOUT CONDITION WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DEPTH PERCEPTION.