41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 15, 1988 · 15:15 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Merrill C Meigs
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69SX
Reported as
Cessna P210N
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total43 in this make and model43 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 lost directional control on takeoff roll striking a runway light. Recovered and continued takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. RECOVERED AND CONTINUED TAKEOFF.