41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 10, 1996 · 22:30 local
Place
Chicago/Wheelin, IL
Airport
Pal-Waukee Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N367QS
Reported as
Gulstm 560
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,282 total256 in this make and model
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.
Narrative: crew mistook right runway edge lights for runway centerline. The airman mistook runway edge lights for centerline lighting which indicated a lack of competence in takeoff and departure maneuvers.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: CREW MISTOOK RIGHT RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS FOR RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE AIRMAN MISTOOK RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS FOR CENTERLINE LIGHTING WHICH INDICATED A LACK OF COMPETENCE IN TAKEOFF AND DEPARTURE MANEUVERS.