# Incident 19971211044829I: Cessna 560CESSNA, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, December 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1997, 07:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200CK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560CESSNA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971211044829I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE CREW PERFORMED A VOR RUNWAY 16 APPROACH AT PALWAUKEE (PWK) AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS LIGHT BLOWING SNOW AND BREAKING ACTION WAS REPORTED (GOOD) BY ANOTHER AIRCRFT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE CREW REALIZED BREAKING ACTION WAS (NIL). THE PILOT CHOSE TO GUIDE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END AND CROSSING A CITY STREET. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT THE BREAKING ACTION CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED AS (GOOD). THE FLIGHT CREW WAS COUNSELED ON OPERATING IN CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ON CONTAMINATED RUNWAYS. INVESTIGATION COMPLETE. ATCT PERSONNEL HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF RUNWAY CONDITION DUE TO INTERMITTENT SNOW SQUALLS PASSING OVER THE AIRPORT. THE CREW WAS NOT INFORMED OF RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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