19931203046039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 550 · Chicago/West Ch, IL · December 3, 1993

Date
December 3, 1993 · 17:17 local
Place
Chicago/West Ch, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N550RD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI94LA046
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total450 in this make and model180 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.

Loud bang on climbout. Lost right power. Diverted mdw. Had struck a flock of geese. Right engine injested same.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG ON CLIMBOUT. LOST RIGHT POWER. DIVERTED MDW. HAD STRUCK A FLOCK OF GEESE. RIGHT ENGINE INJESTED SAME.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.